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Foreward, William T. Muse Jan 1961

Foreward, William T. Muse

University of Richmond Law Review

The first issue of the University of Richmond Law Notes was published in the Spring, 1958. It has been published annually since then. With the articles appearing in this Number, eighteen articles on Virginia law prepared by the Faculty of the Law School have been presented. We have sought to discuss practical problems thought to be of current interest to practicing lawyers. There have been a minimum of references, and no footnote material has been included.


Personal Injury Damage Arguments, James W. Payne Jr. Jan 1961

Personal Injury Damage Arguments, James W. Payne Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

This brief comment deals only with one facet of Certified T. V. & Appliance Co., Inc. v. Harrington. The plaintiff brought an action for personal injuries.


Joint Control By The Surety: A Virginia Statute And Its Common Law Ancestry, D. Orville Lahy Jan 1961

Joint Control By The Surety: A Virginia Statute And Its Common Law Ancestry, D. Orville Lahy

University of Richmond Law Review

It happened in Texas, but it could just as well have been Virginia. At the June 1934 term of the County Court of Anderson County, Texas, there was offered for probate the holographic will of Herman Oberweiss. The testator and his several brothers had settled in Texas after emigrating from their native Germany, and without benefit of much education Herman Oberweiss had been able to accumulate considerable wealth during his lifetime.


Alimony, Property Division, And The Modem-Day Wife, Harry L. Snead Jr. Jan 1961

Alimony, Property Division, And The Modem-Day Wife, Harry L. Snead Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

Two Virginia cases prompt this note: In one the court was concerned with alimony and a working wife (Baytop v. Baytop) the other involved a property settlement between. a husband and a working wife who had used her inheritance to purchase real estate. (Smith v. Smith).


University Of Richmond Law Notes, J. Westwood Smithers Jan 1961

University Of Richmond Law Notes, J. Westwood Smithers

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Depositions For Discovery: The New Virginia Rule, J. Westwood Smithers Jan 1961

Depositions For Discovery: The New Virginia Rule, J. Westwood Smithers

University of Richmond Law Review

Important amendments to its Rules, effective April 1, 1961, were recently adopted by the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Perhaps the change of most interest to trial lawyers was the revision of Rule 3:23 relating to D'epositions and Discovery in Actions at Law.


Pour-Over Devise Or Bequest To Life Insurance Trust-Sequence Of Execution Of Papers, Ellsworth Wiltshire Jan 1961

Pour-Over Devise Or Bequest To Life Insurance Trust-Sequence Of Execution Of Papers, Ellsworth Wiltshire

University of Richmond Law Review

The "pour-over" will devising or bequeathing property to the trustee of an existing revocable and amendable inter vivos trust created by the testator has become quite popular during the last few years with attorneys, trust officers, and estate planners. In a number of states important legal pitfalls relating to such "pour-overs" not resolved by the decided cases have been eliminated by statute. In Virginia the General Assembly of 1958 enacted a "pour-over" statute (Va. Code Ann. 64-71.1 [19501) settling some difficult questions. However, a serious problem still exisits in Virginia with respect to devises and bequests to trustees of life …