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Evidence--Identity Of Driver In Absence Of Direct Evidence, William Thomas Harrison Dec 1962

Evidence--Identity Of Driver In Absence Of Direct Evidence, William Thomas Harrison

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence--Lie Detector Testimony Admissible On Stipulation, John Everett Busch Dec 1962

Evidence--Lie Detector Testimony Admissible On Stipulation, John Everett Busch

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Statement Of Fact Versus Statement Of Opinion -- A Spurious Dispute In Fair Comment, Herbert W. Titus Oct 1962

Statement Of Fact Versus Statement Of Opinion -- A Spurious Dispute In Fair Comment, Herbert W. Titus

Vanderbilt Law Review

In attempting to solve problems in a variety of areas lawyers continuously make use of a distinction between statements of "fact" on the one hand and those of "opinion" on the other.' So versatile is this distinction that it has been used to solve problems raised in such diverse areas of the law as evidence and defamation. However, since the turn of the century the fact-opinion dichotomy has been severely criticized as a means of deciding what kinds of testimony should be allowed in a legal trial. Yet in the law of defamation, where this distinction has been extensively applied …


Procedure And Evidence -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Edmund M. Morgan, Joel F. Handler Jun 1962

Procedure And Evidence -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Edmund M. Morgan, Joel F. Handler

Vanderbilt Law Review

Construction of Pleading--(a) Conclusions.- In an action by the administratrix of a decedents estate the allegations in the complaint that the intestate had a policy of insurance on his life for $1,500 and was induced by the fraud of defendant to make defendant the beneficiary by which she was able to collect the money upon his death and "that this $1500 insurance money is the property of the estate and defendant is accountable to complainant as administratrix of the estate" are sufficient as against ademurrer on the ground that the complaint fails to show any right or title in complainant …


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles Henry Rudolph Jr. Jun 1962

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles Henry Rudolph Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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The Dilemma Of The Directed Acquittal, Richard H. Winningham Jun 1962

The Dilemma Of The Directed Acquittal, Richard H. Winningham

Vanderbilt Law Review

Some of the worst abuses of state criminal due process, the author believes, result from anachronistic and artificial restraints which prevent the trial judge from directing acquittals. Therefore,he advocates for all states a uniform policy and practice recognizing and authorizing directed acquittals where the evidence is legally insufficient to support a conviction.


Executory Process - Annulment Of Seizure And Sale For Lack Of Authentic Evidence, Bert K. Robinson Jun 1962

Executory Process - Annulment Of Seizure And Sale For Lack Of Authentic Evidence, Bert K. Robinson

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence - Applicability Of Dead Man's Statute To Tort Action, Graydon K. Kitchens Jr. Jun 1962

Evidence - Applicability Of Dead Man's Statute To Tort Action, Graydon K. Kitchens Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence - Unreasonable Search And Seizure - Pre-Trial Motion To Suppress, James L. Dennis Jun 1962

Evidence - Unreasonable Search And Seizure - Pre-Trial Motion To Suppress, James L. Dennis

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Admissibility Of Blood Analysis Data On Question Of Intoxication, Victor S. Evans Apr 1962

Admissibility Of Blood Analysis Data On Question Of Intoxication, Victor S. Evans

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dying Declarations In Louisiana Law, Timothy J. Mcnamara Apr 1962

Dying Declarations In Louisiana Law, Timothy J. Mcnamara

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence - Criminal Insanity - Psychologist's Diagnosis Regarding Mental Disease Or Defect Admissible On Issue Of Insanity, C. Clark Hodgson Jr. Jan 1962

Evidence - Criminal Insanity - Psychologist's Diagnosis Regarding Mental Disease Or Defect Admissible On Issue Of Insanity, C. Clark Hodgson Jr.

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Exhibition Of Person In Personal Injury Cases, Dennis M. Burgoon Jan 1962

Exhibition Of Person In Personal Injury Cases, Dennis M. Burgoon

Cleveland State Law Review

It is to be admitted that the proof of injury, which is directed to the senses, is a most convincing means of proof, and is the best evidence of a material fact, but it is not the fact that such exhibition is material that comes into dispute when such an exhibition is sought to be admitted, rather it is the claimed prejudicial effect of such exhibition, or the possibility that it might be indecent that raises the objection to this form of evidence.


The Circumstantial And Impeachment Uses Of A Prior Conviction - Taylor V. State, Allen L. Schwait Jan 1962

The Circumstantial And Impeachment Uses Of A Prior Conviction - Taylor V. State, Allen L. Schwait

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.