La Croix-Rouge Américaine et la Suisse

Il y a quelques mois, nous avons étudié ici même, sous le titre de > l'aide prêtée par une Croix-Rouge nationale à un pays allié. L'exposé qui va suivre fera connaître l'aide apportée par cette même Croix-Rouge à un pays neutre pleinement conscient de ses devoirs humanitaires. Pour se faire une idée de ce qui a été accompli, il est nécessaire de comprendre la situation en Suisse et l'organisation de la Croix-Rouge Américain

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-PROCEEDINGS FOR RESTORATION OF SANITY -WHO MAY APPEAL FROM AN ADJUDICATION OF SANITY

In a proceeding commenced by a guardian ad litem in a probate court to determine whether an incompetent might be adjudged sane, the committee was made respondent and resisted the adjudication of sanity. From a judgment of competency, the committee appealed to the proper court of general jurisdiction. The applicable statutes specifically gave only the petitioner the right to appeal in proceedings for restoration of sanity, but another statute gave the right to appeal from probate to circuit courts to any person interested in any . . . decree of any probate court, and considering himself injured thereby. Petitioner moved in the circuit court to dismiss on the ground that the committee was not entitled to appeal. From a judgment refusing to dismiss, petitioner appealed. Held, affirmed. The committee may appeal as a person interested in and injured by the decree of restoration of sanity. Cobb v. South Carolina National Bank, (S.C. 1947) 43 S.E. (2d) 465

PROCESS-APPLICABILITY OF NONRESIDENT MOTORIST STATUTES TO ACCIDENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

Defendant, a nonresident combine operator, in the course of performance of a contract to harvest plaintiff\u27s wheat crop, drove his vehicle into the plaintiff\u27s wheat field thereby causing a fire which destroyed part of the crop. Plaintiff began an action against defendant by service in accordance with a nonresident motorist statute. The applicable statute read in part: . . . the acceptance by a nonresident . . . of the rights and privileges . . . to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of the state . . . shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment . . . of the secretary of state . . . to be his . . . agent . . . [for] . . . process in any action . . . growing out of any accident . . . in which said motor vehicle may be involved, while same is operated in the· state . . . by said nonresident. Defendant\u27s motion to quash service was sustained by the trial court. On appeal, held, affirmed. The statute does not authorize such service in cases where the accident occurs other than on the public highways. The court stated that the italicized words clearly demonstrate the legislative intent to limit the application of the statute to accidents upon the highways of the state. One justice dissented. Kelley v. Koetting, (Kan. 1948) 190 P. (2d) 361

EQUITY-LACHES AND ESTOPPEL AS BARRING EQUITABLE RELIEF IN PROTECTION OF AN EASEMENT

Grantors had conveyed to plaintiff a certain lot in a subdivision with a provision leaving a street sixty feet wide between Block Five . . . and the . . . tract herein conveyed. A plat of the addition, showing the street, had also been filed. Subsequently, the grantors conveyed to the defendant the land theretofore comprising the street. Construction on that land was begun and seventy-two days later when the building was 40 per cent completed and represented an expenditure of $2,000, plaintiff filed a suit to restrain interference with his easement, serving notice thereof on the defendant the same day. The trial court denied plaintiff an injunction on the ground that he was estopped by his delay in seeking equitable relief. On appeal, held, affirmed. Though the easement may be recognized, equitable relief by injunction was properly denied. Hamilton v. Smith, (Ark. 1948) 208 S.W. (2d) 425

FEDERAL COURTS--THIRD-PARTY PRACTICE--SOME JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS ARISING UNDER THE AMENDED FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, EFFECTIVE MARCH 19, 1948

Third-party practice as originally adopted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was one of the bolder steps in the direction of integrated and complete litigation of all phases of a transaction. One of the principal problems that was forseen by the commentators and that has in fact developed in the cases is the jurisdictional limitation of the federal courts where no federal question is involved, and jurisdiction depends on diversity of citizenship or alienage. Rule 82 is explicit in stating that the Rules should be interpreted so as not to extend or limit the jurisdiction of the district courts. However, it was the hope of the commentators that the federal courts would take jurisdiction of third party claims without requiring a showing of independent grounds of jurisdiction by drawing an analogy to proceedings such as interpleader, cross-claims, counterclaims, intervention, and substitution of parties and by a liberal application of the ancillary concept

All-Terrain Vehicle-Related Injuries and Hospitalization: An Examination of the Influence of Age and Alcohol or Drugs

All-terrain vehicle (ATV) related injuries are a significant source of morbidity, mortality, disability, and hospitalization, and serious injuries among the elderly are increasing. In addition, alcohol and drug use are prevalent among those injured in ATV-related incidents. However, studies indicate varying alcohol and drug use patterns among age groups and less attention has been paid to the experience of older adults and to the influence of substance abuse (alcohol or drug involvement). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age, substance abuse and hospitalization resulting from ATV incidents among injured adults over the age of 21 (legally old enough to consume alcohol). A secondary purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between age and substance abuse, substance abuse and injured body sites, and age and injured body sites. Using a cross-sectional, quantitative approach and archival data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) from 2007, 1884 incidents were evaluated and results of multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that age and substance abuse add independent information in predicting the odds of hospitalization. Using the chi-square test, similar substance abuse involvement among young, middle-aged and older adults was found and differences in the distribution of injured body sites existed between those with and without substance abuse and between the three age groups. The results of this study suggest the need for age-specific prevention, specialized safety training for older adults, and more aggressive enforcement of drinking and driving restrictions while operating ATVs in order to reduce deaths, disabilities, and considerable financial costs associated with ATV-related hospitalizations

All-Terrain Vehicle-Related Injuries and Hospitalization: An Examination of the Influence of Age and Alcohol or Drugs

All-terrain vehicle (ATV) related injuries are a significant source of morbidity, mortality, disability, and hospitalization, and serious injuries among the elderly are increasing. In addition, alcohol and drug use are prevalent among those injured in ATV-related incidents. However, studies indicate varying alcohol and drug use patterns among age groups and less attention has been paid to the experience of older adults and to the influence of substance abuse (alcohol or drug involvement). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age, substance abuse and hospitalization resulting from ATV incidents among injured adults over the age of 21 (legally old enough to consume alcohol). A secondary purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between age and substance abuse, substance abuse and injured body sites, and age and injured body sites. Using a cross-sectional, quantitative approach and archival data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) from 2007, 1884 incidents were evaluated and results of multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that age and substance abuse add independent information in predicting the odds of hospitalization. Using the chi-square test, similar substance abuse involvement among young, middle-aged and older adults was found and differences in the distribution of injured body sites existed between those with and without substance abuse and between the three age groups. The results of this study suggest the need for age-specific prevention, specialized safety training for older adults, and more aggressive enforcement of drinking and driving restrictions while operating ATVs in order to reduce deaths, disabilities, and considerable financial costs associated with ATV-related hospitalizations

Guidance in Cape Cod secondary schools.

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