Law Commons^™

University Of Richmond Bulletin: Catalog Of The T.C. Williams School Of Law For 1959-1960, University Of Richmond

Law School Catalogues

General Statement:

The Law School was established as a part of Richmond College in 1870. In 1890 the family of the late Mr. T. C. Williams, who had been a devoted and useful trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the Law School. In recognition of this gift, the name of the School was changed to The T. C. Williams School of Law. At various times the School has received further generous gifts from members of the family of Mr. Williams. A substantial gift came through a bequest from Mr. T. C. Williams, Jr. who, like his …

Foreward, William T. Muse

University of Richmond Law Review

The reception accorded the first number of the University of Richmond Law Notes, published last spring, has been most gratifying. It has encouraged the Faculty to prepare this second number, which also is being distributed to all alumni of the Law School through the courtesy of the University of Richmond Law School Association. There has been a modest volume of requests for copies of the first issue from non-alumni members of the bar and from many law libraries.

Corroboration Of Confessions In A Criminal Case In Virginia, James W. Payne Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

The purpose of this brief note is to examine the Virginia rules relating to the requirement of corroboration of an extrajudicial, confession as a basis for conviction of a criminal offense. The rules discussed herein do not, of course, apply to a plea of guilty in open court, and it might be noted too that the title selected by the author may be misleading in that, as a general rule, the rules discussed do apply to incriminating admissions of fact (except those occurring before the alleged criminal act) as well as full confessions. "A confession is the admission of guilt …

Virginia's Drear Aridities: Its Rule Of Perpetuities, D. Orville Lahy

University of Richmond Law Review

Whereas most Virginia lawyers know about the rule against perpetuities, many of the same lawyers do not know what it is all about. Perpetuities is a dry and dismal subject to an active practitioner, and the state of abject bewilderment with which he was indoctrinated about the rule against perpetuities while in law school lingers on to haunt his memory. for the balance of his professional career. It is not until an actual client appears with a perpetuities problem that the same practitioner is forced to face the stark realities of the rule. It is only then that the complexities …

University Of Richmond Law Notes Table Of Contents

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

State Taxation Of The Net Income From Interstate Business, Harry L. Snead Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

On February 24, 1959, the Supreme Court of the United States, in companion cases, held, by a 6-3 vote, that a state could levy a properly apportioned tax on the net income of a corporation doing a purely interstate business, provided there were sufficient "activities" within the state to justify a tax. NorthwesternStates PortlandCement Co. v. Minnesota, and Commissioner v. Stockham Valves and Fittings, Inc. Were this article a movie script, I would begin by portraying the separate meetings of two groups: the hastily summoned executive committee of the National Association of Manufacturers gravely, but vigorously, exploring means of avoiding …

Can An Equitable Interest Held In Trust Be Transferred Wrongfully By The Trustee Free Of The Trust?, Ellsworth Wiltshire

University of Richmond Law Review

We all know that a bona fide purchaser for value of trust property holds the same free of the trust. But it is usually stated that such a purchaser must obtain the legal title to the property to so eliminate the trust beneficiary. However, sup- pose the trustee holds the equitable (but not the legal) title to property in trust for a beneficiary. Is the interest of such beneficiary in the property cut off in Virginia should the trustee wrongfully convey such equitable title to a bona fide purchaser for value?

Virginia's New Last Clear Chance Doctrine, William T. Muse

University of Richmond Law Review

Rule # 1. Where the injured person has negligently placed himself in a situation of peril from which he is physically unable to remove himself, the defendant is liable if he saw, or should have seen, him [and realized, or ought to have realized, his peril] in time to avert the accident by using reasonable care. 'Rule # 2. Where the plainfiff has negligently placed himself in a situation of peril from which he is physically able to remove himself, but is unconscious of his peril, the defendant is liable only if he saw the plaintiff and realized, or ought …

Collateral Attack On Foreign, Ex Parte Divorce Decrees: A Virginia Case, J. Westwood Smithers

University of Richmond Law Review

Ten years ago it was reported that a bill had been introduced in the Nevada legislature to grant divorces by slot machine. "The divorce seeker would punch the machine once a day for 42 days, to establish residence, then insert 200 silver dollars. As the divorce popped out of a slot, colored lights would flash, wheels spin, and a jukebox would play America." The bill did not pass. But the liberality of existing divorce laws of Nevada and several other "divorce-mill" States has attracted many divorce seekers from all parts of the country, including Virginia. The "migratory divorces" so obtained …