Torts—Automobile Accident as a Transaction within the Meaning of the Dead Man Statute

The subject case, Fincham v. Mueller (166 Neb. 376, 89 N.W.2d 137 [1958]), involves an action for personal injuries resulting from a two-car collision at a country road intersection in which Mueller, driver of one of the cars, was killed. The driver of the other car, Fincham Sr., brought the action against the decedent’s estate as father and next friend of his eight-year-old son, Fincham Jr., who was riding with him as his guest. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident. At the trial, Fincham Sr. was allowed to testify as to his own vehicle and his operation thereof but not as to the action of the decedent and his vehicle, the trial judge sustaining objections to such testimony under the so-called Dead Man Statute. HELD: Judgment for defendant. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that there was no showing of negligence on decedent’s part, which ruling was affirmed on appeal. Under section 25-308 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes, Fincham Sr., as next friend for his son, was liable for the costs of the action. This liability has been deemed sufficient to constitute a direct legal interest so as to bar the witness from testifying under the Nebraska Dead Man Statute. Thus, the question of whether or not an automobile accident is a transaction within the meaning of section 25-1202 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes was properly before the Nebraska Supreme Court. It is interesting to note that had Fincham Jr.’s mother or a third-party guardian brought the action for him, the above question would not have arisen, since whether the accident was a transaction or not, Fincham Sr. would no doubt have been a competent witness as he would not have had a direct legal interest in the result of the action

One-dimensional cutting stock problems and solution procedures

This paper provides an introduction to one-dimensional cutting stock problems and solution procedures. The first problem considered requires that both trim loss and pattern changes be controlled. Both linear programming and sequential heuristic procedures are discussed along with the ways they can be used jointly to generate the best possible solutions to this type of problem. Two other important classes of one-dimensional problems are discussed along with ways in which they can be solved.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/30249/1/0000644.pd

Développement du cheptel au sud du Tchad : quelles politiques pour l'élevage des savanes ?

International audienceLe développement de l'élevage dans la partie méridionale du pays constitue la mutation agricole principale de ces vingt dernières années dans une région traditionnellement vouée à la culture du coton. Ce phénomène est principalement lié à l'arrivée massive d'éleveurs transhumants de la zone sahélienne mais également au développement d'investissements privés et du cheptel aux mains des paysans autochtones. Cet essor de l'élevage pastoral qui concentre 50% du cheptel bovin national en saison sèche dans la frange méridionale nécessite la conception et l'application de politiques différenciées dans les domaines de l'aménagement pastoral, du commerce du bétail, de la santé animale et de la santé publique vétérinaire. Le législateur doit impérativement réglementer l'accès aux ressources en s'appuyant sur des dispositifs de gestion patrimoniale mais la solution au problème "agriculteur/éleveur" passe également et surtout par la réalisation d'investissements physiques sécurisants les différentes activités productives rurales. Les enjeux sont de taille pour le Ministère de l'élevage, en termes de reconversion de son dispositif de terrain, mais également en matière de gestion des filières de production animales, du pâturage au marché international. (Résumé d'auteur

La crise sismique du golfe d'Aqaba de 1983 : implications tectoniques

La crise sismique qui s'est produite en 1983 à l'extrémité nord du golfe d'Aqaba a été localisée en réunissant les données de divers organismes nationaux ou internationaux. Les épicentres s'alignent parallèlement à la côte orientale du golfe d'Aqaba dans le prolongement de la faille du Levant. Le mécanisme au foyer des événements les plus importants correspondent au rejeu en décrochement senestre d'un accident tectonique qui doit être considéré comme la continuation dans le golfe d'Aqaba de la faille du Levant. (Résumé d'auteur

CARACTERISATION D'UN LASER Nd : YAG CONTINU A MODES COUPLES

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Phase distortions of attosecond pulses produced by resonance-enhanced high harmonic generation

Resonant enhancement of high harmonic generation can be obtained in plasmas containing ions with strong radiative transitions resonant with harmonic orders. The mechanism for this enhancement is still debated. We perform the first temporal characterization of the attosecond emission from a tin plasma under near-resonant conditions for two different resonance detunings. We show that the resonance considerably changes the relative phase of neighbouring harmonics. For very small detunings, their phase locking may even be lost, evidencing strong phase distortions in the emission process and a modified attosecond structure. These features are well reproduced by our simulations, allowing their interpretation in terms of the phase of the recombination dipole moment

The failure of Scottish realism

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois, 1917.Typescript.Vita.Includes bibliographical references