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Contracts - Illegality - Effect Of Partial Illegality
Contracts - Illegality - Effect Of Partial Illegality
Michigan Law Review
It has long been accepted that the illegality of part of a contract does not necessarily make the entire contract unenforceable. However, it is difficult to predict in a given case whether or not the court will hold that recovery may be had upon the lawful part of the contract. It is often said that such recovery will be allowed when the illegal portion of the contract can be clearly separated from the lawful part, but .even when stated in such broad terms - so broad in fact that it is of little help in solving the problem - the …
Federal Regulation Of Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
Federal Regulation Of Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
Michigan Law Review
By it's policy of granting financial assistance to the States for roadbuilding purposes - a policy first inaugurated in 1916 - the federal government has made substantial contributions to the development of highway transportation in the United States. In a period of seventeen years ending with the fiscal year 1933, Congress had appropriated and allocated to the several States $1,290,000,000.00 for the purpose of building good roads. Since 1921 the use of federal aid funds has been limited to the improvement of a designated 7 per cent of each State's highway mileage. By May 31, 1933, work was completed on …
Public Utilities-Street Railway Regulation By State Commission In Home Rule City-Permission To Withdraw From Service
Michigan Law Review
A street railway company, located in a city with a home rule charter adopted in accordance with the state constitution, petitioned the state railway commission and was granted authority to curtail its transportation by buses. The company had been in bad financial condition during recent years; the number of passengers carried had been substantially decreasing, and the company was not able to pay full interest on bonded debt. Upon the insistence of the city, the company had put bus lines in operation several years earlier and these had continually been operating at a deficit. Upon appeal, the court held that …
Torts - Libel Per Se - Liability Of Newspaper For Republication
Torts - Libel Per Se - Liability Of Newspaper For Republication
Michigan Law Review
A news item published in a newspaper owned by the .defendant stated falsely that the plaintiff was being held in jail on a charge of forgery. From a judgment for plaintiff the defendant appealed. Held, the defamatory statement was "libellous per se," and the defendant was liable though the information was received through a reliable news-gathering agency and was printed without malice. Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. Givens, (C. C. A. 10th, 1933) 67 F. (2d) 62.