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Security Transactions, E. Windell Mccrackin
Security Transactions, E. Windell Mccrackin
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Property - Transfer Of Immovable Community Property - Estoppel And The Parol Evidence Rule, Stephen J. Ledet Jr.
Property - Transfer Of Immovable Community Property - Estoppel And The Parol Evidence Rule, Stephen J. Ledet Jr.
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bills And Notes - Indorsements - Liability Of Drawee Bank On Forged Indorsement, John P. Williams S.Ed.
Bills And Notes - Indorsements - Liability Of Drawee Bank On Forged Indorsement, John P. Williams S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
H applied to the plaintiff credit corporation for a loan to finance a new auto dealership. In exchange for a note and contract purportedly signed by H and his wife W, plaintiff issued a check payable to H and W. The check, after being indorsed, was paid by defendant, the drawee bank. The proceeds of the loan were used as planned, but the business subsequently failed at which time it was discovered that H had forged W's signature on the note, the contract and the check. Plaintiff sued to compel restoration of the amount of the check …
Conflict Of Laws - Estoppel - Extra-Territorial Effect Of Probate Decree, Thomas A. Hoya S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Estoppel - Extra-Territorial Effect Of Probate Decree, Thomas A. Hoya S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator, domiciled in California, by his will created a charitable trust of his residuary estate which included lands located in North Dakota. Under California law, the charitable bequest was valid to the extent of only one-third of the residuary estate. Upon distribution of the trust estate by the California court, the charity appeared and received its one-third of the entire residuary property. The trustee then filed with the North Dakota court, asking that the North Dakota land be distributed in accord with the California decree. Since there was no limitation on the validity of the charitable bequest in North Dakota, …
Municipal Corporations - Contracts - Ratification And Estoppel In Contracts Made By Unauthorized Agent, Edward M. Heppenstall
Municipal Corporations - Contracts - Ratification And Estoppel In Contracts Made By Unauthorized Agent, Edward M. Heppenstall
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff's infant daughter, admitted to Newark City Hospital as an emergency case, received hospitalization and medical treatment worth $1,190 during her seventy-day period of confinement. The medical director of the hospital had made an agreement with the Hospital Service Plan of New Jersey which provided that regardless of the amount or quality of the hospitalization required, payment of the flat sum of $100 for any subscriber-patient would constitute payment in full to the city. The city accepted the $100 check paid by the Plan as billed by the hospital for the care of the child. In order to facilitate settlement …
The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
The Practical Location Of Boundaries, Olin L. Browder Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Early in the development of the common law of conveyancing, as everyone knows, the practice of physically consummating a conveyance by acts on the land itself was abandoned in favor of the more flexible and convenient devices authorized or required by the Statute of Uses and the Statute of Frauds. Now we do it all on paper and consummate the transaction at any convenient place. One of the requirements of this process is to make clear what land is being conveyed. So we describe the land on paper in one of the several ways which have been approved for this …
Sua Sponte Consideration In Appellate Review, Allan D. Vestal
Sua Sponte Consideration In Appellate Review, Allan D. Vestal
Fordham Law Review
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Attorney And Client - Scope Of Attorney's Authority - Client Bound By Wrongful Settlement Of Claim, Robert M. Vorsanger
Attorney And Client - Scope Of Attorney's Authority - Client Bound By Wrongful Settlement Of Claim, Robert M. Vorsanger
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff hired an attorney to prosecute a claim for damages resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant, a chiropodist, in the treatment of plaintiff's wife. Three years after the institution of the suit plaintiff discovered that his attorney had agreed with defendant to settle the suit and had forged plaintiff's name to a release and to a bank draft given by defendant in settlement of the claim. Plaintiff immediately instituted action to have the settlement stipulation deleted from the record and to have the case reinstated for hearing. On appeal from the trial court's decision for plaintiff, held, reversed. …