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Jeremy Bentham, The Contract Clause And Justice John Archibald Campbell, John R. Schmidhauser Jun 1958

Jeremy Bentham, The Contract Clause And Justice John Archibald Campbell, John R. Schmidhauser

Vanderbilt Law Review

Conflicts between the desire to meet the felt needs of society and the desire to maintain existing property rights have long perplexed modern governments. The methods adopted for the resolution of such conflicts quite naturally reflect the prevailing social and political ideology in each nation. In the United States in the period of the Philadelphia Convention, the prevailing temper, at least among the influential, was one of insistence upon the preservation of the sanctity of private property. This insistence and the widespread public reverence for law and judicial institutions determined that state interference with or modification of private contracts be …


Descent And Distribution - Joint Ownership - Imposition Of Constructive Trust On Murderer Of Co-Tenant, John B. Schwemm S.Ed. May 1958

Descent And Distribution - Joint Ownership - Imposition Of Constructive Trust On Murderer Of Co-Tenant, John B. Schwemm S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

A husband, owning land with his wife as tenants by the entireties, killed her and immediately thereafter committed suicide. In an action to determine ownership of the realty, both the probate and appellate courts declared that since a relevant disinheritance statute was inapplicable, full title vested in the husband and, upon his death, descended to his heirs. On appeal, held, reversed. Despite the common law nature of such tenancies, equity will impose on the husband a constructive trust in one-half the property for the benefit of the victim's estate. National City Bank of Evansville v. Bledsoe, (Ind. 1957) …


The Conflict Of Laws: A Comparative Study, Second Edition. Volume One. Introduction: Family Law, Ernst Rabel Jan 1958

The Conflict Of Laws: A Comparative Study, Second Edition. Volume One. Introduction: Family Law, Ernst Rabel

Michigan Legal Studies Series

This volume, the first in Ernst Rabel's monumental comparative treatise on the conflict of laws, was initially published in 1945. Since then three additional volumes have been added, completing the survey of the systems of conflicts law as originally contemplated. Meanwhile, the first edition of the first two volumes has been exhausted for some time, and the literature of conflicts law has substantially increased, reflecting the new developments that have taken place since 1945. Accordingly, plans for a new edition of the first two volumes were discussed with the author before his death on September 7, I955, and were approved …


Right Of Property Owners To Enjoin A Mixed Nuisance - Bishop Processing Co. V. Davis, J. Paul Rogers Jan 1958

Right Of Property Owners To Enjoin A Mixed Nuisance - Bishop Processing Co. V. Davis, J. Paul Rogers

Maryland Law Review

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Maryland Surface Waters - A Critical Analysis - Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. V. Snure, Leroy Handwerger, Richard E. Lovell Jan 1958

Maryland Surface Waters - A Critical Analysis - Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. V. Snure, Leroy Handwerger, Richard E. Lovell

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Current Trends In The Law Of Condemnation, Sidney Z. Searles, Sidney O. Raphael Jan 1958

Current Trends In The Law Of Condemnation, Sidney Z. Searles, Sidney O. Raphael

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Non-Domiciliary Decedents' Estates: A Problem For Title Examiners In New York, Douglass G. Boshkoff Jan 1958

Non-Domiciliary Decedents' Estates: A Problem For Title Examiners In New York, Douglass G. Boshkoff

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tax Considerations In Real Estate Syndication, Sidney H. Asch Jan 1958

Tax Considerations In Real Estate Syndication, Sidney H. Asch

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Land Office Business In Pennsylvania, John G. Stephenson Iii Jan 1958

Land Office Business In Pennsylvania, John G. Stephenson Iii

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.