• Validity of Legacy

    If a testator has a tenant who is paying a monthly rent and they leave a legacy in their will worded as follows: 'if X is still occupying and paying rent for the ground floor flat, I wish her to remain there rent free for as long as she stays but...
  • Dadmun Mfg. Co. v. Worcester Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

    Dadmun Mfg. Co. v. Worcester Mut. Fire Ins. Co. Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Worcester September, 1846, Decided No Number in Original Opinion  [*434]  Hubbard, J. It is a fundamental principle of the law of insurance, that ] the assured must have something...
  • Ciccone v. Cavalry Portfolio Servs., LLC

    Ciccone v. Cavalry Portfolio Servs., LLC United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York November 29, 2021, Decided; November 29, 2021, Filed 21-CV-2428(JS)(JMW); 21-CV-3764(JS)(AYS) Opinion SEYBERT, District Judge: The cases addressed...
  • Larson v. Burton Constr., Inc.

    Ken Burton, on behalf of respondent corporation Burton Construction Inc., and petitioner Mr. Justin James Larson entered into a written contract in which petitioner agreed to purchase a Skyline mobile home. The contract was a form contract, consisting...
  • United States v. Cotton

    Several accused were indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base. A superseding indictment was subsequently issued...
  • Ross v. Hartman

    The owner's agent violated a traffic ordinance by leaving the owner's truck unattended in a public alley, with the ignition unlocked and the key in the switch. Within two hours an unknown person drove the truck away and negligently ran over the...
  • Tyrone Swift Adc #116284 v. Kelley

    Tyrone Swift Adc #116284 v. Kelley United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division January 27, 2020, Decided; January 27, 2020, Filed Case No. 5:18-cv-115-KGB-JTR Opinion ORDER The Court has received the Recommended...
  • United States v. Mackby

    United States v. Mackby United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 15, 2003, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; August 12, 2003, Filed No. 02-16778 Opinion  [*1014]  W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: In 1999, the United States won...
  • Brown v. Brown

    The ex-wife had been socializing with a man not her husband, had been seen with him -- even seen by the ex-husband -- had admitted that she loved the other man, and that she had discussed marriage with him. The trial court had found that the ex-husband...
  • Vlases v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

    Plaintiff buyer purchased one-day old chicks and placed them in a newly constructed coop with new equipment. The chickens all died from avian leukosis. Plaintiff buyer charged the defendant seller with breaching the implied warranties of merchantability...