Michigan State Bar Journal, Volume 1

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State Bar of Michigan, 1922 - Bar associations
 

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Page clxxxi - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate. We know what master laid thy keel; What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel; Who made each mast and sail and rope ; What anvils rang, what hammers beat; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page xxiii - Property. Money of the client or other trust property coming into the possession of the lawyer should be reported promptly, and except with the client's knowledge and consent should not be commingled with his private property or be used by him.
Page clxxxii - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page ccix - The supreme court shall, by general rules, establish, modify, and amend the practice in such court and in the circuit courts, and simplify the same. The legislature shall, as far as practicable, abolish distinctions between law and equity proceedings.
Page clxxxi - Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel.
Page lix - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page ccxv - For the purpose of carrying out the objects of this act, and in the exercise of the powers herein granted, the Board shall have power to make orders concerning the disbursement of said fund, but no member of the Board shall receive any other compensation than his actual necessary traveling expenses connected with attending meetings of the Board.
Page ccxviii - And in case a corporation organized or doing business under the provisions of this act shall be dissolved by process of law, or whose term of existence shall terminate by limitation, or whose property and franchises shall be sold at mortgage sale, or at private sale, or if for any reason the attitude of the corporation toward the State shall be changed from that set forth in the articles of...
Page xlvii - He graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in...
Page xc - The specific performance of contracts must always rest in the sound discretion of the court ; to be decreed or not as shall seem just and equitable under the peculiar circumstances of each case. It is frequently ordered in favor of a party who has been for a considerable period in default, if he has never abandoned the contract, and the other party has suffered nothing from the delay for which he cannot be compensated in the decree.

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