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The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Early in the development of the common law of conveyancing, as everyone knows, the practice of physically consummating a conveyance by acts on the land itself was abandoned in favor of the more flexible and convenient devices authorized or required by the Statute of Uses and the Statute of Frauds. Now we do it all on paper and consummate the transaction at any convenient place. One of the requirements of this process is to make clear what land is being conveyed. So we describe the land on paper in one of the several ways which have been approved for this …
Boundaries: Description V. Survey, Olin L. Browder, Jr.
Boundaries: Description V. Survey, Olin L. Browder, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
These propositions I first encountered as a student in law school. At that time they struck me as rather startling propositions, which could not be reconciled with other things I had learned about the law of conveyancing. I do not recall exactly how they were disposed of: whether they were to be regarded as the law on the subject or merely as a couple of striking aberrations. There were too many other matters demanding attention at that time to allow much fretting over so small a question. Upon returning to the classroom some years later-but now sitting on the other …
Trusts - Constructive Trusts - Protection Of Trade Secrets And Like Confidential Information, E. George Rudolph
Trusts - Constructive Trusts - Protection Of Trade Secrets And Like Confidential Information, E. George Rudolph
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff hired a seismograph company to make surveys of certain land for the purpose of locating oil and gas. The results of the survey were favorable. An employee of the seismograph company communicated the results to the defendant who thereafter leased the land. Plaintiff brought suit to have defendant declared constructive trustee of the land for plaintiff. Held, that the relief could not be granted since defendant might have leased the land without such information. Ohio Oil Co. v. Sharp, (D. C. Okla. 1942) 45 F. Supp. 969.
Adverse Possession - Requirements For Obtaining Title To A Cave By Adverse Possession, Donald M. Swope
Adverse Possession - Requirements For Obtaining Title To A Cave By Adverse Possession, Donald M. Swope
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff and defendant were owners of adjoining properties. On defendant's land was located the only opening to a cavern, which a remote grantor of defendant discovered in 1893. Since that time, defendant and its immediate and remote grantors have improved the cave for visitors, and conducted persons through it upon the payment of an admission price. With wide publicity, this has continued for almost fifty years. Plaintiff first visited the cave in 1895, paying an admission fee for the privilege, and has visited it several times since. A part of said cave extended under real estate owned by plaintiff, but …