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The "Torrens Acts": Some Comparisons, James H. Brewster

Articles

The widespread discussion during the last ten years of the general scheme of registration of title to land, popularly known as the "Torrens System," has served to satisfy most disinterested lawyers and laymen of the general merits of the system. Consideration of the matter has been confined to no one section of the country, but has extended from Maine to California, and from Oregon to Texas. The result has been that laws embodying the general principles of the system have been enacted in six states, and proposed laws are before the legislatures of several others. The fact, however, that some …

Power To Appoint To Office--Its Location And Limits, Floyd R. Mechem

Articles

At no other time in the judicial history of this country, if the evidence of the reported cases is to be relied upon, have there been so many and so bitter contests over all of the questions growing out of the title to public offices, as during the last ten or twelve years. This is undoubtedly largely accounted for by the fact that within that period a large number of the states have put in operation radically changed methods of conducting elections, based upon or practically incorporating what is popularly known as the Australian ballot system. In making these changes, …

Privileges And Immunities Of Citizens In The Several States, W. J. Meyers

Michigan Law Review

The Federal Constitution, Art. IV., § 2, cl. 1, declares that "The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states." Of this clause Alexander Hamilton wrote: "It may be esteemed the basis of the Union"; and more than seventy years after it had gone into effect, Judge Denio said of it, in deciding the great case of Lemmon v. People, "No provision has tended so strongly to constitute the citizens of the United States one people as this." It is the purpose of this inquiry to ascertain what are the …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Agency--Liability of Principal for Money coming into his Possession as Proceeds of Wrongful Sale of His Property by his Agent to Plaintiff; Appeal--Effect upon Power of Lower Court ot Modify Judgement Appealed From; Attorney and Client--Attorney's Lien--Priority; Carriers--tort--Ejection of Passengers--Exemplary Damages; Constitutional Law--Judgment--Full Faith and Credit--Statute of Limitations; Constitutional Law--classification of Cities--Special Acts Conferring Corporate Powers; Corporation--Sinsolvent--Preferring Creditors; Damages--Evidence of Pecuniary Condition; Damages--Exemplary Damages for Gross negligence or Where Actual Loss Purely Nominal; damages--General and Special--Pleading; Deed--Acknowledgment; elections--Ballots--Rights of Nominee to have his Name Appear More than Once Upon the Ballot; Equitable Interests--Assignability; Evidence--X-Ray Pictures; Fraud--Misrepresentation by Cashire of Bank; …

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley, Victor H. Lane

Books

“At the request of the late Judge Cooley I have undertaken the preparation of this edition of the Constitutional Limitations. It seemed desirable, in view of all the circumstances, that the text of the last edition should stand as the text for this, and the work of the present editor has been confined to the bringing of the book down to date, by the addition of such matter to the notes as will fairly present the development of this branch of the law since the publication of the last edition.” --Preface to the Seventh Edition, Victor H. Lane, Ann Arbor, …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Agency--Liability of Pincipal for Unknown Deceit of Agent; Action--Splitting Causes of--Injury to Person and Property; Attorney and Client--Jurisdiction of Equity over; Banks and Banking--Cashier--Notice; Carriers--Limiting Liability--Effect of Limitation in Case of Delivery After Notice to Stop in Transit; Carriers--Tort--Ejection of Passenger for Failure to Produce Ticket; Confict of Laws--Bona Vacatia--Rigth of Succession--"Mobilia Sequuntur Personam"; Conflict of Laws--Italian marriage--Deceased Husband's Brother; Conflict of Law--Equal Protection--Refusing Barbar's License to an Alien; Constitutional Law--Equal Protection--Requiring Examination of Graduate of Medical School of other States; Constitutional Law--Insurance Companies---Equal Protection of the Laws; Constitutional Law--Vested Right of Defense--Deprivation of Property Rights; Contract--Performance--Legal Holiday; Contract--Public Policy--Sale …

Note And Comment, Floyd R. Mechem

Michigan Law Review

The Law School; Trade-Mark -- Invented Word -- Words Expressing Character or Quality; State Quarantine Laws as Affecting Inter-State or Foreign Commerce; Druggist - Liability for Negligence; Constitutional Law -- Inter-State Commerce -- Charging More for Shorter Than for Longer Haul; Malicious Prosecution of Purely Civil Action Without Arrest of Person or Seizure of Property; is it Fraud for a Plaintiff to Conceal Defenses to his own Action?; Wills--Withnesses Signing Before Testator, Effect; Impeachment of Witness--Privileged Communication; Evidence--Dying Declaration; Partnership by Estoppel in Tort Cases; Color Distinctions--Separations of Passengers upon Street Cars; Mortgage of Furture Offspring of Animals owned by …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Adverse Possession--Color of Title-Deed Void for Indefinite Description; Agency--Broker--Damages for Terminating Authority Without Giving Reasonable Time to Sell; Agency--Liability of Agent to Principal for Acts of Sub-Agent; Agency--Ratification; Attachment--Ground For--Removal of Debt--Situs; Bankruptcy--validity of Bankruptcy Act of 1898; Conflict of Laws--Conveyance--Covenants; Constitutional Law--Fourteenth Amendment--Blacklisting Statute; Constitutional Law--Retroactive Legislation--Curative Act; Constitutional Law--Statute Prohibiting Discharge of Members of Labor Unions; Contract--Performance to the Satisfaction of the Promisee; Damages Sale--duty to Minimize Loss; Mandamus--Jurisdiction to Issue Write Against the Governor; Mandamus Against Officer--Abatement by Change of Officer; Master and Servant--Act Within the Scope of the Employment; Master and Servant--Contract to Employ--Duty of Master …

Note & Comment, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Announcement; Note and Comment: The Right of a De Jure Officer to Recover Salary or Fees Paid to a De Facto Officer; Exemplary Damages Where Acutal Damages Merely Nominal; Seduction--Fiction of Service; Negligence--Druggist Selling Proprietary Medicine Without Knowing Contents; Physician--Duty to Respond to Call; Wills--Contract to Make--Fraud in Obtaining Charity--Relief in Equity; Sale--Bank Cashing Draft Drawn Against consignment of Goods as Purchaser--Liability Upon Express or Implied Warranty of Title or Quality; Voters--Right to Vote for Candidate whose Name is not on the Official Ballot; Constitutional Law--Fourteenth Amendment--Due Process--Equal Protection; Statute of Limitations--Failure to Leave Subjacent Support in Mining--When Statute begins …

Recent Decisions

Michigan Law Review

Agency--Ratification--Knowledge Necessary; Agency--Undisclosed Principal--Defence Against Agent; Bailments--Action by Bailee against Third Person; Bankruptcy--Homestead Exemption--State Law not Enforced; Bankruptcy--Homestead Exemption; Bills and Notes--Cashier's Check--Indorsed for Illegal Consideration; Carriers--Street Railway--Track Used by Another Company; Chattel Mortgage--Sufficiency of Description; Conflict of Laws--Statute of Frauds--Statute Affecting Remedy--Representations as to Another's Credit; Constitutional Law--14th Amendment--Class Legislation--License Law; Evidence--Physical Examination of Plaintiff in Personal Injury Suit; Insurance--Construction of Terms of Indemnity Policy; Insurance--Agreement to Issue New Policy--Effect of Failure to Surender Old Policy and Make Demand Within Time Stipulated; Landlord and Tenant--Covenant for Re-Entry--Re-Entry by Ejectment Only--Summary Proceedings; Landlord and Tenant--Covenant Not to Assign--Runs with the …

The Law Of Personal Injuries And Incidentally Damage To Property By Railway-Trains, Based On The Statutes And Decisions Of The Supreme Court Of The State Of Georgia, John L. Hopkins

Historical Treatises

From the front matter:

Testimonials From the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia

Atlanta, May 22, 1902.

We have given the book prepared by Hon. John L. Hopkins, entitled "The Law of Personal Injuries," etc., a sufficient examination to enable us to say, without hesitation, that it is a work of great merit and utility. It will surely save the hard-worked judge and busy lawyer much time and labor by making the decisions of this court, bearing on the subjects treated, readily accessible in available form. The distinguished author's wel1 - executed plan of grouping …

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, January 7, 1902 - March 18, 1902, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

1901-1906 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Commonwealth Dockets, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court

Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers

Commonwealth dockets from Rowan County (KY.) Circuit Court from 1901 to 1906.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, August 28, 1900 - October 22, 1900, Extraordinary Session, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, January 2, 1900 - March 13, 1900, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, January 4, 1898 - March 15, 1898, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, March 13, 1897 - May 21, 1897, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

1896-1923 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Minute Book, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court.

Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers

Minute Book from the Rowan County (KY.) Circuit Court from 1896 to 1923.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, January 7, 1896 - March 17, 1896, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Local Self-Government, So Called, As It Is Found In The Constitution Of Michigan, Otto Kirchner

Articles

It is not my purpose to enter upon a detailed examination of municipal government as it now exists, but to confine myself to the consideration of some of the constitutional limitations that rest upon the legislative power to deal with the matter.

Some Remarks Upon The Government Of Municipalities Suggested By The Experience, Growth And Development Of The City Of Grand Rapids, John W. Champlin

Articles

The municipal government of the city of Grand Rapids has not in a11 respects been entirely successful. Dissatisfaction has manifested itself in parts of the community, especially in that portion which has to bear the burthen of taxation on account of increasing bonded indebtedness and the great increase of expenditures in carrying on the affairs of the city. Lack of discrimination in the objects of expenditure, and disregard of legal limitations upon the authority of the council, have caused uneasiness and comment. Notwithstanding these, the city has grown in population and material wealth, and I can say without self-adulation, is …

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, January 2, 1894 - March 13, 1894, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

A Suggestion Concerning The Law Of Inter-State Extradition, Edwin F. Conely

Articles

While yet the nation was forming-indeed as early as 1643-the impolicy of the colonies' suffering themselves to become asylums for criminal refugees was seen and appreciated by the public men of the time. But, though continued efforts were made in the right direction and much was accomplished, the rendition of fugitives from justice remained, either legally or practically, a matter of comity for nearly a century and a half, or until the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Then, made mandatory by the organic law of the Nation, inter-state extradition ceased to be subject to State control or …

1892-1930 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Replevin Bonds, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court.

Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers

Replevin Bonds from the Rowan County (KY.) Circuit Court from May 13, 1892, to October 14, 1930.

Testamentary Promises To Pay, Nathan Abbott

Articles

The New York Law Journal for May 23, 1892, contains a suggestive editorial headed "A Will or Not a Will," in which the writer says "Interesting questions are constantly arising in the classification of instruments which, although expressing wishes or intentions to be carried out after death, are open to criticism on the score of testamentary execution." As is intimated by the writer, the difficulty of placing an instrument in either the class of contracts or wills is considerably diminished if the statutory provisions as to execution of wills are elaborate. Where holographic wills are allowed, or wills of personal …

The American Mutuum, Jerome C. Knowlton

Articles

The delivery of goods that may be accurately designated by number, weight or measure, such as corn or wine, on an undertaking that goods of like kind and quality shall be returned, creates what is known in the civil law as the contract of mutuum, a kind of bailment contract. Text writers on the common law regard such a transaction as a sale and not a bailment. "Where there is no obligation to return the specific article, and the receiver is at liberty to return another thing of equal value, he becomes debtor to make the return, and the title …

How May Presidential Electors Be Appointed?, Bradley M. Thompson

Articles

For more than half a century presidential electors have been chosen upon a general ticket in all the states. This was not the uniform practice at first. Judge Cooley in the last number of the JOU11NAL makes it clear that at least four different methods were at first adopted, one of them, the "district system," being that selected by the last legislature of Michigan. Following Judge Cooley's article is one by Gen. B. M. Cutcheon attacking this system on two grounds: First, that it is in conflict with the Constitution of the United States; and, secondly, that it is mischievous …

Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, 1891-1893, Volume 3, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, 1891-1892, Volume 3,, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

1889-1904 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Equity Docket, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court.

Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers

The Equity Docket ledger of the Rowan County (KY.) Circuit Court from January of 1889 to June of 1904.