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Sales, Anon

Washington Law Review

Covers a case on the avoidance of a disclaimer by action for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Labor Law - Organizational Picketing In Industries Not Affecting Interstate Commerce, Arne Hovdesven

Michigan Law Review

Representatives of defendant union approached plaintiff, proprietor of a small liquor store, with information that they planned to initiate an organizational campaign to obtain the membership of the store's three clerks, none of whom were members of any union at that time. Subsequent to this meeting, a picket line of two men was established and was maintained without any acts of violence, for over nineteen months until halted by a permanent injunction issued by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. The union did not make any demands upon plaintiff to sign a contract or to recognize it as bargaining …

Sales - Conditional Sales - Punitive Damages For Forcible Repossession Of Chattel, William G. Cloon, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff purchased a truck under a conditional sales contract which was assigned to the defendant finance company. He drove the truck to the place of business of the defendant to adjust differences between the two parties, but when he attempted to leave after no agreement had been reached, he discovered that the keys had been removed from the truck. When informed that the truck had been repossessed, the plaintiff produced another set of keys but was unable to leave with the truck. The testimony of the plaintiff that an agent of the defendant seized his hand to prevent the unlocking …

Sales—Retailer’S Liability To Third Persons For Injury Caused By Adulterated Foods, Thomas Haymeir

Buffalo Law Review

Bowman v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 284 App. Div. 663, 133 N. Y. S. 2d 904 (4th Dept. 1954).

Bills And Notes - Holder In Due Course - Notice Of Infirmity In Instrument To Finance Company Closely Connected To Dealer, William G. Cloon, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The defendant purchased a car from a dealer who represented it to be a new demonstrator. In fact, the car was a used one. The defendant executed a negotiable note for the balance of the purchase price and a chattel mortgage on forms which were furnished the dealer by the plaintiff finance company. The dealer handled the paper, but the plaintiff was to finance the sale and the note was payable at the office of the plaintiff. Both the bill of sale and the chattel mortgage described the car as a new demonstrator. The note was indorsed in blank by …

Book Reviews, Charles Bunn, Norman D. Lattin, Norman Redlich, John C. Chommie, R. Dale Vliet, Bernard Schwartz

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Virginia Law And The Commercial Paper Article Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Wilfred J. Ritz

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Statute Of Frauds-Right Of Vendor To Collect On Check Given As Down Payment On Oral Sale Contract Repudiated By Vendee [Sturgis V. Meadors, Ark. 1954].

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Suretyship-Right Of Surety Of Bank Against Loss From Forgery To Recover On Subrogation Theory Against Depository Bank Guaranteeing Forged Indorsements On Checks [Standard Accident Ins. Co. V. Peliecchia, N. J. 1954]

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Responsibilities In The Transfer Of Stock, Francis T. Christy

Michigan Law Review

During the past few years there have been increasing efforts on the part of a number of organized groups to establish statutory definitions of the responsibilities of corporations and their transfer agents in the transfer of stock. Among these groups are the Commission on Uniform State Laws, which sponsored the Uniform Fiduciaries Act, the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which have jointly produced the new Uniform Commercial Code, the Committee on Simplification of Security Transfers of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association, of which Committee …

Constitutional Law - Commerce Clause - Federal Jurisdiction In Trade-Mark Infringement Proceedings Under The Lanham Act, Richard R. Dailey

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff's trade-mark, "Minute Maid," had been registered under the Lanham Act in 1952 and had been used in interstate commerce in connection with the sale of frozen fruit juice concentrates since that time. Defendant's trade-mark consisted in part of the words "Minute Made." Defendant used its mark wholly within the State of Florida in the processing and sale of frozen meat products. Both plaintiff and defendant were Florida corporations. In a suit for trade-mark infringement, jurisdiction of the federal district court depended. on the provisions of the Lanham Act. The complaint alleged damage to plaintiff's good will established in interstate …

Avoidance Of Disclaimer By Action For Fraudulent Misrepresentation, Eugene H. Sage

Washington Law Review

The recent Washington Supreme Court decision in the case of Nyquist v. Foster dealt with the troublesome problem of a chattel vendee's right to rescind upon proof of the vendor's fraudulent misrepresentation in a sales situation where the contract of sale contains a disclaimer clause. The purpose of the disclaimer clause is to prevent a suit by the purchaser upon a theory of either express or implied warranty. The common practice of inserting such a clause in a contract of sale makes any ruling upon its effective scope in limiting a vendee's possible right of action a matter of importance …

Book Reviews, Lloyd P. Stryker, Howard J. Graham (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Book Reviews

The American Lawyer

Albert P. Blaustein Charles O. Porter with Charles T. Duncan Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,1954. Pp. xiii, 360. $5.50.

reviewer: Lloyd Paul Stryker

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American Business Corporations Until 1860; with Special Reference to Massachusetts

By Edwin Merrick Dodd. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. Pp. xix, 524. $7.50

reviewer: Howard Jay Graham

Impact Of The Commercial Code On Liability Of Parties To Negotiable Instruments In Michigan, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Since the Uniform Commercial Code is now effective in Pennsylvania and is under active consideration by official bodies in other states, it seems appropriate to investigate in some detail the impacts which this proposed legislation would have upon the accumulated business, legislative and judicial understanding and experience in the commercial law area in a specific jurisdiction. As an illustration of the problems which will be faced by judges, lawyers and businessmen in any jurisdiction which adopts the code, the writer has chosen to analyze some impacts which the code would have on commercial law in Michigan. Space limitations make it …

Escrow Instructions To The First National Bank Of Nevada Regarding The Transfer Of Las Vegas Water Production From The Union Pacific Railroad To The Las Vegas Valley Water District, June 21, 1954, First National Bank Of Nevada, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas Land And Water Company (Las Vegas, Nev.), Union Pacific Railroad Company

Publications (WR)

Escrow instructions for the transfer of Las Vegas water production from the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Contract between the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

Noise Nuisances: Commercial Enterprises V. Owners Of Residential Property, G. H. Kemker

Vanderbilt Law Review

The problems of the reciprocal use and enjoyment of property by adjacent landowners have become increasingly pronounced in our time of intense urbanization. Salient has been the problem of noise nuisances which frequently result when adjacent property is devoted to the inconsistent uses of industry and residence ownership. This conflict is often a serious one. The enjoyment by the residence owner of his property may be considerably impaired; the abatement of the noise may be at the price of loss of productivity, considerable expense or of not conducting the business at all.' The resulting situation is one which requires a …

Regulation Of Business-Federal Trade Commission Act-Legality Of Offers Of ''Free Goods" Upon Agreement To Purchase Other Merchandise, Alan Reeve Hunt S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

On June 30, 1948 the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against Walter J. Black, Inc., a corporation doing business as the Classics Club and the Detective Book Club. The Commission charged that use by the respondent of the word "free" in its advertising was false, misleading, and deceptive. The alleged deception consisted in the fact that in order to obtain the books designated as "free" the prospective purchaser was required to join respondent's club and thereby obligated himself to purchase at least four books a year from the respondent. The hearing examiner in his initial decision found that respondent's …

Commercial Law—Provision In Stop Payment Order Releasing Bank From Liability For Negligence Against Public Policy, Victor C. Silverstein

Buffalo Law Review

Thomas v. First Nat. Bank of Scranton, __ Pa. __, 101 A. 2d 910 (1954).

Integration And Dissolution Of The A & P Company: Rejoinder, Joel B. Dirlam, Alfred E. Kahn

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Debtor-Creditor Law. By Howard L. Oleck., David J. Goldstein

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Integration And Dissolution Of The A & P Company: A Reply Price Policy In The A & P Case, M.A. Adelman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, James C. Evans, Samuel E. Stumpf

Vanderbilt Law Review

State Taxation of Interstate Commerce By Paul J. Hartman Buffalo: Dennis & Co., 1953. Pp. xi, 323. $7.50

reviewer: James Clarence Evans

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Church, State and Freedom By Leo Pfeffer Boston: The BeaconPress, 1953. Pp. xvi, 605. $10.00

reviewer: Samuel Enoch Stumpf

Book Reviews, Robert L. Hale, John P. Dawson, Monrad G. Paulsen, William R. Roalfe, John C. Payne, Maxwell Cohen, L. C. B. Gower, John S. Bradway, Paul Sayre, Herbert A. Berman, James S. Savage, Joseph Dainow, Edwin P. Friedberg, Edwin J. Hadd, Kenneth L. Black, H. W. Hannah, Dix W. Noel, Robert F. Koretz, Heinrich Kronstein

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Business - Proof Of Seller's Costs In Robinson-Patman Act Buyer Proceedings, Arthur M. Wisehart S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The purposes of this comment are to analyze the holding of the Court in the Automatic Canteen case and to relate the language of the opinion to the more general problem of defining the extent of buyer responsibility under section 2(f). As a preliminary matter, however, it is necessary to examine the pertinent statutory provisions. Section 2(f) of the Robinson-Patman Act makes it unlawful for buyers in interstate commerce" ... knowingly to induce or receive a · discrimination in price which is prohibited by this section." In other words, it prohibits buyers from knowingly inducing or receiving the benefit of …

Agency - Apparent Authority Of Sales Agent, William D. Keeler

Michigan Law Review

Defendant's agent, a consignee of automobiles for sale, received from plaintiff a used truck, and agreed to apply the proceeds from the sale of the truck to the purchase price of a new automobile, to be sold and delivered to plaintiff when available. Defendant's agent sold the truck and absconded with the proceeds from such sale. Plaintiff sued for the value of the truck, and the lower court rendered judgment in his favor. On appeal, held, affirmed. The acts of the agent bound the defendant, although the agency contract gave only express authority to sell new automobiles. Correa v. …

Impact Of The Commercial Code On Liability Of Parties To Negotiable Instruments In Michigan ,, Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr.

Legal Scholarship by Dean Steinheimer

No abstract provided.

U.C.C. Contributions Toward The Adoption Of A Contractual Concept Of Warranties

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The New Prima Facie Test For Proof Of Receipt Of Price Discriminations Under The Robinson-Patman Act

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Review. Honnold, John, Cases And Materials On The Law Of Sales And Sales Financing, Kenneth B. Hughes

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Labor Law - Objects Of Union Action - Organization Of Managers Of Retail Chain Stores As Proper Object, John F. Dodge Jr., S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The owner and operator of retail food stores located throughout the nation brought action to enjoin strike activities by the defendant union, which sought recognition as bargaining agent for managers and clerks in the local stores. Both clerks and store managers had been members of the defendant local unions since 1937, and the latter, acting under certification as bargaining representative for both groups of employees under the National Labor Relations Act, had negotiated contracts with the plaintiff covering managers and clerks continuously since that time. Upon the refusal of the plaintiff to include the store managers in the contract, or …