Statutory Redemption Rights

Herein will be discussed some of the problems which arise under the provisions of the code of Washington granting the right to redeem from execution sales of real property

Lien of Judgments of United States Courts in Washington

At common law pecuniary judgments and decrees do not become a lien, in the modern sense of the term, on property of the debtor, so that that effect is a statutory creation. Therefore, whether a judgment is a lien, how made so, to what interest or estate the lien attaches, when the lien commences, how long it endures, and all other particulars must be ascertained from the statutes of the proper jurisdiction. The fixation of the force and effect of judgments and decrees of courts is an attribute of sovereignty. The United States and the several states being sovereignties, each has the power, within constitutional limitations, to declare that judgments of its own courts shall be a lien on the debtor\u27s property within its jurisdiction, to prescribe the procedure therefor and all other particulars; and, of course, no one of these sovereignties can infringe upon this right of the others. So it is within the power of Congress to impart to judgments and decrees of federal courts effect as a lien, wholly and absolutely independent of and without regard to the laws of any state; and, therefore, Congress can provide that such judgments and decrees shall be a lien on the debtor\u27s property in any state notvithstanding that judgments of the courts of the state do not so operate. Indeed, Congress can, if it desires, give to judgments of federal courts consequences uniform throughout the United States

Changes in Washington Land Title Record Law

Among the many laws enacted by the recent Legislature, which were approved by the Governor, and took effect at 12 o\u27clock midnight June 8, is one which governs the filing of land title instruments for recordation and repealing the existing statute, Section 10596 of Remington\u27s Compiled Statutes. The title and the sections of this act material to this discussion are set forth below

Concerning Affidavits for Publication of Summons under the Washington Statute

Service of process by publication is not a common-law mode of of procedure, but a statutory creation. The rule, which is almost universal, that the statutes governing this matter must be strictly construed, and literally observed to give the court jurisdiction, is adhered to in this state. As a condition precedent to the exercise of the right to serve process by publication the statute requires the execution of an affidavit by the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, containing certain allegations. Without this affidavit a valid service by publication cannot be had

Time of Entry of Interlocutory Decree of Divorce as Affecting Date of Final Decree

The neglect of parties to divorce suits to file the interlocutory decree in their respective suit on the day of rendition or promptly, and, in order to remedy such omission, the procuring at some subsequent time of the entry of the interlocutory decree nue pro tune as of the date of rendition, the entry of final decrees on the last day of the period of six months which must elapse before a final decree may be lawfully entered, are practices of omission or commission common enough, and which so vitally concern the status of the parties interested, as to deserve the most serious consideration

The New Judgment Lien Law

Among the acts passed at the recent session of the Washington legislature, and which became effective June 12, 1929, is one entitled An Act relating to judgments, their duration, lien, assignment and satisfaction and repealing certain acts relating thereto. This act purports to be a comprehensive and complete declaration of the law upon the subject-matter set forth in the title, to apply to judgments of both state and federal courts, and to repeal existing laws relating to the matters covered by the act. The principal purpose of its enactment was to repeal the existing provisions of the code relating to the lien of judgments of federal courts which were clearly invalid in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Rhea v. Smith, and to substitute therefor provisions deemed valid and applicable. The problem to be considered herein is whether the new act accomplishes that particular purpose or object

Two-neutron transfer reaction mechanisms in 12^{12}C(6^6He,4^{4}He)14^{14}C using a realistic three-body 6^{6}He model

The reaction mechanisms of the two-neutron transfer reaction $^{12}$C($^6$He,$^4$He) have been studied at 30 MeV at the TRIUMF ISAC-II facility using the SHARC charged-particle detector array. Optical potential parameters have been extracted from the analysis of the elastic scattering angular distribution. The new potential has been applied to the study of the transfer angular distribution to the 2$^+_2$ 8.32 MeV state in $^{14}$C, using a realistic 3-body $^6$He model and advanced shell model calculations for the carbon structure, allowing to calculate the relative contributions of the simultaneous and sequential two-neutron transfer. The reaction model provides a good description of the 30 MeV data set and shows that the simultaneous process is the dominant transfer mechanism. Sensitivity tests of optical potential parameters show that the final results can be considerably affected by the choice of optical potentials. A reanalysis of data measured previously at 18 MeV however, is not as well described by the same reaction model, suggesting that one needs to include higher order effects in the reaction mechanism.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure

A field study of team working in a new human supervisory control system

This paper presents a case study of an investigation into team behaviour in an energy distribution company. The main aim was to investigate the impact of major changes in the company on system performance, comprising human and technical elements. A socio-technical systems approach was adopted. There were main differences between the teams investigated in the study: the time of year each control room was studied (i.e. summer or winter),the stage of development each team was in (i.e. 10 months), and the team structure (i.e. hierarchical or heterarchical). In all other respects the control rooms were the same: employing the same technology and within the same organization. The main findings were: the teams studied in the winter months were engaged in more `planning’ and `awareness’ type of activities than those studies in the summer months. Newer teams seem to be engaged in more sharing of information than older teams, which maybe indicative of the development process. One of the hierarchical teams was engaged in more `system-driven’ activities than the heterarchical team studied at the same time of year. Finally, in general, the heterarchical team perceived a greater degree of team working culture than its hierarchical counterparts. This applied research project confirms findings from laboratory research and emphasizes the importance of involving ergonomics in the design of team working in human supervisory control