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Negotiable Instruments--Usury--Latches, F. L. W. Dec 1937

Negotiable Instruments--Usury--Latches, F. L. W.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Theory And Practice Of Pre-Trial Procedure, Edson R. Sunderland Dec 1937

The Theory And Practice Of Pre-Trial Procedure, Edson R. Sunderland

Michigan Law Review

Pre-trial civil procedure under the English common-law system consisted only of pleading. Whatever the rules of pleading could accomplish in the way of defining and restricting issues contributed to the efficiency of the trial. What could not be done by the rules of pleading could not be done at all.

The great weakness of pleading as a means for developing and presenting issues of fact for trial lay in its total lack of any means for testing the factual basis for the pleader's allegations and denials. They might rest upon the soundest evidence, or they might rest upon nothing at …


Legislation--Service Of Process On Nonresident Motorists, Edmund C. Dickinson Jun 1937

Legislation--Service Of Process On Nonresident Motorists, Edmund C. Dickinson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Doctrine Of Stare Decisis In British Courts Of Last Resort, John A. Fairlie Apr 1937

The Doctrine Of Stare Decisis In British Courts Of Last Resort, John A. Fairlie

Michigan Law Review

The House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are both British courts of last resort. The House of Lords is the final court for the United Kingdom and reviews cases from the English Court of Appeals and equivalent courts of Scotland and Northern Ireland; the Judicial Committee hears appeals of cases from the colonies and dominions and ecclesiastical cases.

Readers of Professor Gray's lectures on The Nature and Sources of the Law are aware of the distinction he notes between the attitude of the British House of Lords, on the one hand, and the Judicial Committee …


Appeal And Error-Appealable Interest Of Bidder At Judicial Sale, Michigan Law Review Apr 1937

Appeal And Error-Appealable Interest Of Bidder At Judicial Sale, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The receiver of a bank effected a compromise settlement with the maker of a second mortgage note of $2100, agreeing to sell him the note for $500. Notice of hearing to confirm this sale was published. Prior to the confirmation, appellant, who was the holder of the first mortgage, offered to pay the receiver $600 for the note. The court confirmed the sale to the maker over appellant's objection made at the hearing. Held, that the appellant was not an aggrieved party and had no appealable interest. Dean v. Clapp, (Iowa 1936) 268 N. W. 56.


State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company V. Marie H. Justis Mar 1937

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company V. Marie H. Justis

Virginia Supreme Court Records, Volume 168

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Richmond


New Procedure Act Feb 1937

New Procedure Act

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Proposed Rules For Changes In Federal Practice, Frank W. Nesbitt Feb 1937

The Proposed Rules For Changes In Federal Practice, Frank W. Nesbitt

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.