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The Principal's Warranty And Offset Claims Against The Creditor As Defenses To The Surety, Victor Levine Dec 1931

The Principal's Warranty And Offset Claims Against The Creditor As Defenses To The Surety, Victor Levine

Michigan Law Review

When a buyer seeks to purchase goods on credit, the seller often refuses to make the sale unless the buyer procures some third person to become liable for the price; and the seller also exacts the privilege of suing either the buyer or the third person or both in the event that payment is not made on the date the price falls due. In a three-party transaction of this sort, the buyer, after the goods are delivered, is commonly called the principal, the seller the creditor, and the third person the surety.


Administrative Tribunals-Right To Federal Injunction Against Administrative Orders Jun 1931

Administrative Tribunals-Right To Federal Injunction Against Administrative Orders

Michigan Law Review

The public utility commission of Ohio refused to permit the plaintiff motor bus company to operate over a portion of the route for which application was made for a certificate. The plaintiff applied to the federal district court for an injunction against enforcement of the commission's order on the ground that it amounted to a deprivation of property without due process. A temporary injunction was granted. Thereafter, the plaintiff took a statutory appeal to the state supreme court, which affirmed the order, after which the plaintiff sought a permanent injunction in the federal court. Held, the decision of the …


Arbitration And Award-Effectof Foreign Arbitration Statute Mar 1931

Arbitration And Award-Effectof Foreign Arbitration Statute

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff contracted to furnish and defendant to exhibit a number of motion pictures. The contract included an arbitration agreement in which the parties agreed to submit all disputes arising under the contract to a specified board of arbitration and to abide by its award. The arbitration agreement was to be governed by the laws of New York, by which it would have been valid, irrevocable and specifically enforceable. Defendant breached the contract, refused to submit the dispute to arbitration, and failed to comply with the award when plaintiff did so. Plaintiff then brought suit in Ohio to enforce the award. …


Equity Jurisdiction As Affected By Adequacy Of The Remedy At Law Feb 1931

Equity Jurisdiction As Affected By Adequacy Of The Remedy At Law

Michigan Law Review

A Michigan case, decided December 3, 1929, presents an interesting problem concerning the status of equity jurisdiction when the relief at law is adjudged adequate. Plaintiff and defendant owned adjoining lots, and disagreed as to the location of the true boundary line between them. Plaintiff was in possession of the disputed strip. Defendant started an ejectment suit, whereupon plaintiff brought a bill in equity to enjoin defendant's suit at law and to have title decreed to be in himself. Defendant answered denying that there was any equity in the bill, and moved to dismiss. Later counsel agreed that the entire …


Fraud-By Third Party-Mistake As To Nature Of Transaction-Rescission As Remedy Feb 1931

Fraud-By Third Party-Mistake As To Nature Of Transaction-Rescission As Remedy

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff was injured as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant company. His attorney induced him to sign a general release, representing that it was only a receipt for seven hundred and fifty dollars paid on account by the defendant company. The plaintiff was illiterate and relied upon the fraudulent representations of his attorney. In an action to set aside the release, held, on a motion for judgment on the pleadings, that the complaint stated a cause of action, and that the plaintiff was not negligent in relying upon the representations of his attorney. Affirmed. Pimpinello …


Injunction-Breach Of Negative Covenant-Adequate Remedy At Law Feb 1931

Injunction-Breach Of Negative Covenant-Adequate Remedy At Law

Michigan Law Review

The defendant, an owner of a gasoline station, entered into a contract with the plaintiff whereby he agreed to buy "all motor fuels handled, sold, or required" at his station from the plaintiff. He further agreed not to "sell, or allow to be sold on his premises * * * any other brands of motor fuel than those of the seller [plaintiff]." Before the expiration of the contract the defendant notified the plaintiff that he would no longer be bound by the contract. The lower court dismissed a bill praying for an injunction restraining the defendant from violating the negative …