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Negligence - Duties Of Railroad - Landowner Toward Frequent Trespasser - Limitations On Rights Of Trespasser, William D. Keeler S.Ed. Nov 1954

Negligence - Duties Of Railroad - Landowner Toward Frequent Trespasser - Limitations On Rights Of Trespasser, William D. Keeler S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The duties of a landowner toward one who enters the land without consent may no longer be determined, in many cases, by merely stating the fact that the intruder is a trespasser whose presence is unknown to the landowner. This comment will discuss an area in which the relationship of landowner and trespasser inter se has been greatly altered, and will deal in particular with a class of cases which serve to limit the expanded rights of the trespasser.

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Legal Effect Of Contracts To Devise Or Bequeath Prior To The Death Of The Promisor: I, Bertel M. Sparks Nov 1954

Legal Effect Of Contracts To Devise Or Bequeath Prior To The Death Of The Promisor: I, Bertel M. Sparks

Michigan Law Review

Questions involving the rights, duties, powers, privileges, and immunities of parties to contracts to devise or bequeath are frequently raised prior to the death of the party promising to make the devise or bequest. In essence the problem is one of analyzing the legal relationships existing prior to the date set for performance. An analysis of these relationships is undertaken in this article. Vital questions concerning the formation of such contracts and their enforcement after the promisor's death are considered only when they appear essential to the development of the main theme which concerns the contract's effect prior to the …

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Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Applicability Of The Rule To An Option To Purchase Incident To A Lease, Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr. S.Ed. Nov 1954

Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Applicability Of The Rule To An Option To Purchase Incident To A Lease, Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs' testator ''leased" certain land to the defendants' assignor for a period of twenty-eight years, the latter contracting to pay $1,200 annually and to pay all taxes and assessments against the land during that period. The instrument also contained a clause whereby plaintiffs' testator contracted to convey in fee to defendants' assignor at the expiration of the twenty-eight year period, upon the latter's making a payment of one dollar. During the twenty-eight year period considerable improvements were made on the land. At the expiration of the period plaintiffs sought a declaration of rights and obligations of the parties under the …

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Insurance - Recovery - Rights Of Mortgagee Under Mortgagor's Insurance, Robert B. Fiske, Jr. S.Ed. Nov 1954

Insurance - Recovery - Rights Of Mortgagee Under Mortgagor's Insurance, Robert B. Fiske, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant issued a policy of fire insurance on an automobile plaintiff had purchased with money borrowed from one Hansen, to whom a note and a chattel mortgage were given as security for the debt. A week after the policy was issued naming plaintiff as the insured, defendant executed an amendment to the policy in the form of an endorsement reading, "Less if any ... shall be paid to the insured and Charles H. Hansen as their interests may appear." The policy provided that it should not apply while the car was subject to any mortgage or other encumbrance not specifically …

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Property—Real Property—Easements, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Real Property—Easements, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

Sauchelli v. Fata, 306 N.Y. 123, 116 N.E. 2d 75 (1953); Loch Sheldrake Associates v. Evans, 306 N.Y. 297, 118 N.E. 2d 444 (1954).

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Property—Real Property—Restrictive Covenants, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Real Property—Restrictive Covenants, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

Premium Point Park Ass'n. v. Polar Bar, 306 N.Y. 507, 119 N.E. 2d 360 (1954).

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Property—Real Property—Condemnation Proceedings, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Real Property—Condemnation Proceedings, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

In re Site For Jefferson Houses, City of New York, 306 N.Y. 278, 117 N.E. 2d 896 (1954).

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Property—Real Property—Tax Lien Foreclosure—Adverse Possession, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Real Property—Tax Lien Foreclosure—Adverse Possession, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

In re Harlem River Drive, City of New York, 307 N.Y. 447, 121 N.E. 2d 414 (1954).

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Property—Real Property—Landlord And Tenant, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Real Property—Landlord And Tenant, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

United Security Corp. v. Suchman, 307 N.Y. 48, 119 N.E. 2d 881 (1954).

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Property—Personal Property—Lost Trust Certificate, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Personal Property—Lost Trust Certificate, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

Davis v. Fraser, 307 N. Y. 433, 121 N.E. 2d 406 (1954).

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Property—Personal Property—Stock—Conflict Of Ownership, Anthony J. Vaccaro Oct 1954

Property—Personal Property—Stock—Conflict Of Ownership, Anthony J. Vaccaro

Buffalo Law Review

Bata v. Bata, 306 N.Y. 96. 115 N.E. 2d 672 (1953).

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Personal Property And Sales -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball Aug 1954

Personal Property And Sales -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball

Vanderbilt Law Review

This article is limited to cases involving transfers of personal property by gift or by sale, and the resultant legal relationships. Cases involving liens on personal property, chattel mortgages, and those dealing with sales in bulk are discussed in the article on Creditors' Rights and Security Transactions in this Survey.'

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Contracts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Merton L. Ferson Aug 1954

Contracts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Merton L. Ferson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Mutual Assents: In the case of Jones v. Horner it appeared that Jones was a tenant of Mrs. Homer. The lease gave Jones an option to purchase the property for a stated price and provided that Jones might exercise his option "by payment or tender of the agreed purchase price." Jones, within the life of the option, without tendering the purchase price, gave notice that he would exercise the option. He said he would pay the purchase price upon receipt of a deed to the property. Mrs. Homer refused to treat this notice as a valid exercise of the option. …

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Real Property -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Herman L. Trautman, James C. Kirby Jr. Aug 1954

Real Property -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Herman L. Trautman, James C. Kirby Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Champertous Deeds and Adverse Possession: There were two cases, Robinson v. Harris, and State v. McNabb, which used the questionable champertous deed concept to reach what seem to be just results. The sixteenth century doctrine, enacted by statute in Tennessee, is that a deed of conveyance executed and delivered by a title owner while the land is held in the adverse possession of another is void. As pointed out in the 1953 Survey article, however, recent Tennessee cases have tended to ignore a line of nationally recognized Tennessee equity cases holding that the deed is not void; that the transfer …

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Wills, Estates And Trusts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, William J. Bowe Aug 1954

Wills, Estates And Trusts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, William J. Bowe

Vanderbilt Law Review

Freedom of Testation: Other than the statutory forced share of a spouse' testators have almost unlimited freedom in the disposition of their property. A devise or bequest will be held invalid only when it runs counter to some well established rule of public policy. Thus gifts in violation of the rule against perpetuities, against accumulations or against restraints on alienations are void. Further, the courts will strike down capricious or whimsical bequests, as well as those which are conditioned upon the performance of illegal or tortious acts. But in absence of any violation of public policy a testator is free …

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Future Interests And Estates -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Herman L. Trautman Aug 1954

Future Interests And Estates -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Herman L. Trautman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Worthier Title--A Rule of Property: In Cochran v. Frierson' the Supreme Court affirmed the rule of Robinson v. Blankenship that the doctrine of worthier title is still a rule of absolute property law in Tennessee, and not a rule of construction. The Blankenship case is nationally recognized as representative of the early English doctrine which was abolished by statute in England in 1833. The doctrine has been modified by the majority of American courts which hold that it is a rule of construction.

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The Mortgage For Future Advances In West Virginia, R. E. Stealey Jun 1954

The Mortgage For Future Advances In West Virginia, R. E. Stealey

West Virginia Law Review

In late years the mortgage or deed of trust to secure indebtedness that may not be created until after the execution and recordation of the security instrument has assumed a new importance in real estate financing. Formerly confined largely to the construction loan, such financing now often contemplates a possible future loan equal to any amount which may have been repaid on the original loan, or the use of the security instrument as general collateral for future advances, which may vary in amount from time to time. Such transactions are subject not only to the usual hazards of mortgage lending, …

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Constitutional Law-Congressional Powers-Validity Of The 1953 Submerged Lands Act, William D. Keeler Jun 1954

Constitutional Law-Congressional Powers-Validity Of The 1953 Submerged Lands Act, William D. Keeler

Michigan Law Review

In 1947 and 1950 the Supreme Court held that the coastal states had no property interest in the submerged lands lying seaward from the low water mark, whether ownership of this land was held by the state prior to admission into the Union or not, and that the federal government had paramount rights in and power over this land, including the resources of the soil beneath it. In 1953 Congress passed, and the President signed, the Submerged Lands Act, which vested in the coastal states title to and proprietary power over this land. Alabama and Rhode Island petitioned the Court …

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Real Property-Vendor And Purchaser-Effect Of Notoriuos Easement On Land Contract To Convey "Free Of Encumbrances", David Macdonald Jun 1954

Real Property-Vendor And Purchaser-Effect Of Notoriuos Easement On Land Contract To Convey "Free Of Encumbrances", David Macdonald

Michigan Law Review

Vendor contracted to convey land to purchaser by a deed which was to contain a covenant against encumbrances. A public easement of way over the property was outstanding, and on part of this easement a gravel road had been built. Purchaser paid some instalments and took possession but, upon learning of the easement, sued to rescind. The trial court found that the easement would have been discovered by a reasonable investigation, and therefore the contract did not protect purchaser from this easement. On appeal, held, affirmed. A contract to convey real estate free of encumbrances does not refer to …

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Noise Nuisances: Commercial Enterprises V. Owners Of Residential Property, G. H. Kemker Jun 1954

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 …

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Personal Property - Certificate Of Title In Transfer Of Automobile, W. Charles Poland May 1954

Personal Property - Certificate Of Title In Transfer Of Automobile, W. Charles Poland

William and Mary Review of Virginia Law

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Property, Laurence S. Moore, Richard K. Quinn May 1954

Property, Laurence S. Moore, Richard K. Quinn

Washington Law Review

Covers cases on the hostile intent requirement in adverse possession, on riparian rights in floodwaters and the common enemy doctrine, on the duty to inquire as to easements in the contract to convey "free from encumberance" (Moore), and on agreements to return goods in the same condition (Quinn).

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Creation Of Joint Rights Between Husband And Wife In Personal Property: Ii, R. Bruce Townsend May 1954

Creation Of Joint Rights Between Husband And Wife In Personal Property: Ii, R. Bruce Townsend

Michigan Law Review

The net effect of the general legislation pertaining to the creation of joint tenancy has been to make lawyers sensitive to language expressing an intent to create joint tenancy, tenancy by the entireties and other types of survivorship rights which may or may not fall within the foregoing concepts. And so the law has busied itself with the task of giving technical meanings to words used by members of the public in their efforts to create joint rights in property-a task that has not been fully appreciated by people who acquire personal property from bankers, brokers, clerks and the like …

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Municipal Corporations-Zoning-Right Of Municipality And Property Owners Therein To Object To Amendment Of Zoning Ordinance Of Adjacent Municipality, Howard N. Thiele, Jr. May 1954

Municipal Corporations-Zoning-Right Of Municipality And Property Owners Therein To Object To Amendment Of Zoning Ordinance Of Adjacent Municipality, Howard N. Thiele, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

The borough of Dumont in New Jersey amended its zoning ordinance to change one city block from a residential area to a district in which business user would be permissible. The amendment occasioned objections By certain boroughs which were adjacent to the reclassified block, property owners in the adjacent boroughs, property owners in Dumont, and property owners in the block itself. On suit in lieu of prerogative writ by these parties, held, ordinance set aside. Where several boroughs are adjacent to the block of the defendant borough, and in reliance on the residential character of the whole area single …

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Real Property-Easements By Prescription-Use Of Presumption, Robert B. Olsen May 1954

Real Property-Easements By Prescription-Use Of Presumption, Robert B. Olsen

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs sought to enjoin defendants from using a driveway located on plaintiffs' property. Defendants counterclaimed to have an easement by prescription declared. The parties occupied adjacent city lots. Defendants' predecessor began using the driveway in 1920 without seeking permission from plaintiffs' predecessor. The respective predecessors were on friendly terms at the inception of the user. Defendants and their predecessors made minor repairs to the driveway and claimed at the trial that they had constantly used it as their own. In 1936, two years after plaintiffs acquired full title to their lot, their predecessor executed an abortive quit-claim deed to the …

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Mortgages-Assignment Of Rents And Profits-New Michigan Statutory Treatment, J. David Voss S.Ed. May 1954

Mortgages-Assignment Of Rents And Profits-New Michigan Statutory Treatment, J. David Voss S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Michigan legislature recently approved an act which affects the validity of assignments of rents in or in connection with mortgages on industrial or commercial property. To understand the impact of the new legislation, it is necessary to refer to the general mortgage law of Michigan. In particular, a similar act passed in 1925 relating to trust mortgages is an aid in construing the new act.

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Federal Income Tax And Dealings In Real Estate, Donald Mcdonald, John W. Fawcett, Iii Mar 1954

Federal Income Tax And Dealings In Real Estate, Donald Mcdonald, John W. Fawcett, Iii

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Municipal Corporations-Special Assessments-Method Of Review Where A Special Assessment Is Levied On A Railroad Right-Of-Way, Judson M. Werbelow S.Ed. Mar 1954

Municipal Corporations-Special Assessments-Method Of Review Where A Special Assessment Is Levied On A Railroad Right-Of-Way, Judson M. Werbelow S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant municipality made surface and curb improvements on a street located near plaintiff railroad's right-of-way. Four parcels of land, each containing a house, separated the right-of-way from the street on which the improvements were made. Plaintiff's right-of-way contained a single set of railroad tracks over which plaintiff's trains traveled. Property owners in the improvement district were assessed a total of $13,220.90 for the improvements, $4,715.53 of this special assessment being levied on plaintiff's right-of-way. Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin collection of that part of the special assessment which was levied on its property. The trial court found that the improvement …

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Future Interests - Restraints On Alienation - Same Rules Applicable To Restraints On Future And Possessory Interests, Chester F. Relyea S.Ed. Feb 1954

Future Interests - Restraints On Alienation - Same Rules Applicable To Restraints On Future And Possessory Interests, Chester F. Relyea S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Testator devised real estate to his wife for life, remainder to his children, "with the following understanding," that should any child attempt to dispose of his interest before the death of the testator's wife, that child would forfeit his share and it would go to the remaining children. After the death of the testator, but before the death of his widow, one son conveyed away his interest in the property. In a suit for the partition of the real estate devised by the testator; held, on appeal, restraints on the alienation of vested estates in fee simple are against …

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Limits Of Title Search Under The West Virginia Recording Act, Clyde L. Colson Feb 1954

Limits Of Title Search Under The West Virginia Recording Act, Clyde L. Colson

West Virginia Law Review

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