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Recovery In Wrongful Death Actions In Virginia, Walter E. Hoffman
Recovery In Wrongful Death Actions In Virginia, Walter E. Hoffman
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Descent And Distribution--The 'Worthier Title" Doctrine In Iowa--A Limitation Established, Lewis R. Williams, Jr. S.Ed.
Descent And Distribution--The 'Worthier Title" Doctrine In Iowa--A Limitation Established, Lewis R. Williams, Jr. S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator left his entire estate of less than $7,500 to his wife who had predeceased him. Defendants claimed the estate through operation of the anti-lapse statute, as heirs of the wife. As the distribution statute gave the widow of an intestate the first $7,500 of the estate, plaintiffs, heirs at law of the testator, claimed title on a basis of the "worthier title" doctrine, arguing that the widow, had she lived, would have taken by descent and not by purchase, and therefore the anti-lapse statute did not apply. On appeal from a denial of defendants' motion to transfer the proceeding …
Criminal Law-Confessions And Due Process, Harold G. Christensen S. Ed.
Criminal Law-Confessions And Due Process, Harold G. Christensen S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Petitioner was arrested on suspicion of robbery and the next day confessed the theft of a car owned by a person who had been found dead a month previous. On the following evening, after a four and one-half hour "interview" with two F.B.I. agents, he "broke down and confessed the killing." Other confessions were made the next day and finally, after a detention of five days from the day of arrest, petitioner was taken before a committing magistrate. He was found guilty of murder at a trial in which these confessions were used against him. He sued out a writ …
Criminal Law-Confessions And Due Process, Harold G. Christensen S. Ed.
Criminal Law-Confessions And Due Process, Harold G. Christensen S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Petitioner was arrested on suspicion of robbery and the next day confessed the theft of a car owned by a person who had been found dead a month previous. On the following evening, after a four and one-half hour "interview" with two F.B.I. agents, he "broke down and confessed the killing." Other confessions were made the next day and finally, after a detention of five days from the day of arrest, petitioner was taken before a committing magistrate. He was found guilty of murder at a trial in which these confessions were used against him. He sued out a writ …
Negligence-Liability Of Hospital For Suicide Of Patient, Richard Darger
Negligence-Liability Of Hospital For Suicide Of Patient, Richard Darger
Michigan Law Review
Decedent, a patient in the advanced stages of labor awaiting transfer from the labor room to the delivery room of defendant hospital, opened a window, unhooked the screen and jumped or fell to her death below. It was assumed by the court that death was caused by intrapartum psychosis, a condition which plaintiff claimed was recognized by the medical profession as a hazard of childbirth. Decedent had exhibited no unusual symptoms and had previously been through two normal pregnancies. The jury was allowed to find defendant negligent in not providing for constant attendance and in failing to bar the window …
Workmen's Compensation-Injury In Fight As Arising Out Of And In The Course Of The Employment, Philip G. Meengs
Workmen's Compensation-Injury In Fight As Arising Out Of And In The Course Of The Employment, Philip G. Meengs
Michigan Law Review
Deceased was employed by defendant as an engineer and, while waiting to relieve the engineer then on duty, began to quarrel with him as to the manner in which a subordinate was doing his work. Words led to blows, and after a short fight, deceased collapsed and died of emotional trauma of the heart. There were no other witnesses, but the survivor claimed deceased struck the first blow. From an award given by the Workmen's Compensation Board, defendant and its insurer appealed. Held, affirmed. The death arose "out of and in the course of the employment." Commissioner of Taxation …
Insurance-Consummation Of The Contract-Delivery Of The Policy, John J. Gaskell S. Ed.
Insurance-Consummation Of The Contract-Delivery Of The Policy, John J. Gaskell S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
An application for life insurance was accepted, and a policy issued, mailed to, and received by the agent of the insurer. The application provided that the policy would not take effect until "manual" delivery thereof. The agent made several unsuccessful attempts to deliver the policy, but before any physical transmission of the policy, the insured died. The beneficiaries sued to recover the amount of the policy. The trial court gave judgment for the defendant insurance company. On appeal, held, affirmed. Manual delivery was a valid condition precedent. There having been no manual transmission to the insured, and the plaintiffs …