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Equity -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Theodore A. Smedley
Equity -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Theodore A. Smedley
Vanderbilt Law Review
Since Equity is a field of indefinite boundaries, it is to be expected that the cases discussed in this section of the survey involve a wide variety of issues. Of the thirteen decisions to be mentioned, four were suits for injunctions to restrain as many different types of alleged wrongs, three were suits to cancel or reform written instruments executed by mistake or fraud, two were suits to declare trusts, one was a suit for specific performance of a contract to sell land, one was a suit to enforce a promissory note, and two were suits turning on procedural factors.
Restitution -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, William Wicker
Restitution -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, William Wicker
Vanderbilt Law Review
Civil remedies may be grouped under three classifications: torts, contracts, and restitution. The plaintiff's objective in a tort action is a recovery for his loss which resulted from the defendant's wrongful act, the measure of recovery being the amount of that loss expressed in dollars. The plaintiff's objective in a contract action is a recovery for a breach of the defendant's promise, the measure of recovery being the net addition to the plaintiff's estate which would have resulted had defendant performed his promise. Restitution is a giving back of what has been taken away unjustly. The plaintiff's objective in a …
Creditors' Rights And Security Transactions -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Forrest W. Lacey
Creditors' Rights And Security Transactions -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Forrest W. Lacey
Vanderbilt Law Review
Fraudulent Conveyances: In Nashville Milk Producers, Inc. v. Alston' a bill to set aside transfers of a herd of dairy cattle alleged that the debtor in 1953 purported to transfer the herd to his wife, and that in 1955 the wife purported to transfer the herd to their son.Both transfers were alleged to have been made for no consideration,or a consideration that was not fair and adequate. The bill also charged that the conveyances rendered the grantor insolvent, and were part of a general scheme participated in by all three defendants to hinder, delay and defraud existing and subsequent creditors. …