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DOMESTIC RELATIONS--RES ADJUDICATA--FAILURE TO CROSS CLAIM IN SEPARATE MAINTENANCE SUIT AS BAR TO SUBSEQUENT DIVORCE

FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE--FEDERAL STATUTORY RIGHT--CHARACTERIZATION OF RIGHT FOR PURPOSE OF APPLYING STATE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

INCOME TAXATION--TAXABLE INCOME--INCLUSION OF PROCEEDS OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES

NATURAL GAS ACT--STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION--SCOPE OF STATUTE AS AFFECTED BY SUBSEQUENT DECISIONS

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SALES--IMPLIED WARRANTY--REQUIREMENT OF PRIVITY BETWEEN PROCESSOR AND ULTIMATE CONSUMER

TORTS--UNATTENDED AUTOMOBILE STATUTE--LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR …

Wills, Estates And Trusts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, William J. Bowe

Vanderbilt Law Review

Freedom of Testation: Other than the statutory forced share of a spouse' testators have almost unlimited freedom in the disposition of their property. A devise or bequest will be held invalid only when it runs counter to some well established rule of public policy. Thus gifts in violation of the rule against perpetuities, against accumulations or against restraints on alienations are void. Further, the courts will strike down capricious or whimsical bequests, as well as those which are conditioned upon the performance of illegal or tortious acts. But in absence of any violation of public policy a testator is free …