• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Russell

    Respondent car dealership, Monticello Ford and Mercury, Inc., advertised the sale of an automobile with a certain annual percentage rate (APR), but then sold the automobile to appellant purchaser Dawn Russell at a higher APR than advertised, based upon...
  • Grace v. MacArthur

    Plaintiffs sued for breach of contract against defendants insurance company and two other defendant individuals, one of whom was a citizen of Illinois, the other a citizen of Tennessee. Service on one of the individual defendants was attempted under Arkansas...
  • Residue value less than Hotchpot gifts

    Has anyone dealt with a scenario where the value of the deceased's estate is actually less than the cash gifts made to the beneficiaries and which are to be taken into consideration via hotchpot? I have a scenario where the deceased's estate...
  • Koeppel v. Speirs

    Defendant employer appealed a decision of the Iowa Court of Appeals that reversed a trial court's granting of summary judgment in his favor in plaintiff employee's invasion of privacy action. The employee filed an invasion of privacy claim against...
  • N. Ga. Finishing v. Di-Chem, Inc.

    Respondent Di-Chem, Inc. (“Di-Chem”) garnished petitioner North Georgia Finishing’s (“North Georgia”) bank account pursuant to Ga. Code Ann. §§ 46-101 through 104 and 46-401, which entitled Di-Chem to the process...
  • Craft v. Elder & Johnston Co.

    A seller placed an advertisement in a local newspaper wherein it offered for sale certain items at a specified price. The buyer answered the advertisement and tendered the price for an item, but the seller refused to submit the item to the buyer. The...
  • Crane v. Commissioner

    Petitioner was the sole beneficiary and the executrix of the will of her husband, who died in 1932. He then owned an apartment building and a lot subject to a mortgage, which secured a principal debt of $ 255,000 and interest in default of $ 7,042. As...
  • Ogden v. Ass'n of United States Army

    The defendant pursuant to a contract with the United States published a book in 1954 entitled, 'Combat Actions in Korea'. This work contained some adverse criticisms on the handling of a platoon which it was said the plaintiff commanded during...
  • Duc Tan v. Le

    In 2003, members of the Committee Against the Viet Cong Flag disseminated an e-mail message throughout the Olympia Vietnamese community accusing Duc Tan and the Vietnamese Community of Thurston County (VCTC), a nonprofit corporation, of engaging in pro...
  • Taft v. Bowers

    During the calendar years 1921 and 1922, the father of donee Elizabeth C. Taft, gave her certain shares of stock then more valuable than when acquired by him. The donee sold them during 1923 for more than their market value when the gift was made. The...