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Report To The Committee On Judicial Administration And Legal Reform Of The West Virginia Bar Association Containing Suggestions Concerning Pleading And Practice In West Virginia, Thurman W. Arnold, James W. Simonton, Harold C. Havighurst Dec 1929

Report To The Committee On Judicial Administration And Legal Reform Of The West Virginia Bar Association Containing Suggestions Concerning Pleading And Practice In West Virginia, Thurman W. Arnold, James W. Simonton, Harold C. Havighurst

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments On Proposed Changes In Procedure In West Virginia, Edson R. Sunderland Dec 1929

Comments On Proposed Changes In Procedure In West Virginia, Edson R. Sunderland

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Illinois Appellate Courts-Are They Satisfactory? May 1929

The Illinois Appellate Courts-Are They Satisfactory?

Michigan Law Review

The instantaneous answer of "Yes" to this question was given by every Illinois attorney the writer asked while gathering material for this article, and undoubtedly that would be the answer of an overwhelming percentage of the Illinois Bar. In the Constitutional Convention of 1920 in Illinois, not one of the fifty odd lawyer members ever questioned their expediency in all the debates on the judiciary article. And much can, of course, be said in their favor. They relieve the supreme court of a great burden of work. They are closer at hand than the supreme court to most of the …


Recent Important Decisions Apr 1929

Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.


The Status Of A Municipal Corporation Organized Under An Unconstitutional Statute, Oliver P. Field Mar 1929

The Status Of A Municipal Corporation Organized Under An Unconstitutional Statute, Oliver P. Field

Michigan Law Review

A municipal corporation has governmental as well as proprietary functions to perform. It differs from a private corporation in that its primary functions are governmental. Municipal corporations are usually spoken of as legal persons, or entities, in the same sense that private corporations are, but in studying them it must always be borne in mind that the main purpose for which most of them are created is that they may perform certain governmental functions.


Municipal Corporations-Methods Of Detaching Outlying Districts Mar 1929

Municipal Corporations-Methods Of Detaching Outlying Districts

Michigan Law Review

Since the power to restrict boundaries is legislative in nature, territory which has once become part of an incorporated community can be detached only by the authority of a statute, and the corporation, the courts, and even the people are powerless to act unless so authorized. 1. DILLON, MUNCIPAL CORPORATIONS, 4th ed. sec. 356. But when the town is booming and each farmer sees himself swept into wealth by the subdivision and sale of his property, who worries about detaching land? It is only when the boom has passed and the farmer finds himself still engaged in agriculture, and burdened …


Book Reviews Mar 1929

Book Reviews

Michigan Law Review

A collection of book reviews by multiple authors.


Indiana Municipalities And The State Government, Conrad Wolf Jan 1929

Indiana Municipalities And The State Government, Conrad Wolf

Indiana Law Journal

Address by Mr. Wolf delivered before the Indiana State Bar Association 1928.


Some Anomalies In The Kentucky Negotiable Instruments Law, Colvin P. Rouse Jan 1929

Some Anomalies In The Kentucky Negotiable Instruments Law, Colvin P. Rouse

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Kentucky Judicial Council, George Ragland Jr. Jan 1929

The Kentucky Judicial Council, George Ragland Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


State Law And The Federal Courts, Raymond T. Johnson Jan 1929

State Law And The Federal Courts, Raymond T. Johnson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.