LIBEL AND SLANDER - SLANDER OF TITLE AS A PROTECTION AGAINST UNFAIR INTERFERENCE WITH SALE OF LITERARY WORK

In a slander of title action, the complaint alleged that defendant requested plaintiffs to write a motion picture scenario based on historical events, but after plaintiffs submitted the scenario, defendant rejected it. Thereafter defendant announced its intention, by filing a statement with a voluntary association of motion picture producers, to produce a picture based on the same plot as that contained in plaintiffs\u27 scenario. As a result, plaintiffs were unable to sell their scenario to any other producer. Held, that the complaint was insufficient in the absence of an allegation of special damages. Carrol v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., (D. C. N. Y. 1937) 20 F. Supp. 405

MORTGAGES - FORECLOSURE SALE - POSSIBILITY OF SETTING ASIDE SALE BECAUSE OF PROBABLE HIGHER BID

A trust deed secured a loan of $85,000. The mortgage was foreclosed, the trustee authorized to bid at the sale, and an upset price of$12,500 fixed. A stranger made a higher bid than the trustee, and the property was sold to him for $40,100. The trustee now seeks a resale, offering evidence to show that the property could bring$50,000 to $60,000 if the trustee bought it, remodeled the building, and had time to find a suitable purchaser. There was no question of a deficiency decree. Held, that the lower court erred in refusing to confirm the original sale. A. J. Straus Paying Agency, Inc. v. Jensen, (Wis. 1938) 277 N. W. 105

Modelling Methodologies: Opportunities and Limits

This chapter describes in detail the methodologies of modelling and their limits, as a preparation for exploring the specific model to be proposed and evaluated

Counting Urban Carbon: Baseline and Boundaries of Current Findings

This chapter describes the baseline of findings from current research and identifies relevant boundaries. Particular attention is given to the inherent complexity and uncertainty of urban systems. Nonetheless, consistent factors are identified for further refinement and incorporation into a decision support tool

Varying Neighbourhood “Choice Architecture”: Exploiting behavioral economics in urban form to achieve further emissions reductions

When evaluating the factors of urban form that contribute to emissions, we must also consider the difficult but critical subject of human behaviour and choices of consumption. There is indeed a body of research findings that gives us guidance on the “choice architecture” of neighbourhood design. This chapter examines the evidence and draws conclusions for the decision support tool

TRUSTS - POWER OF TRUSTEE TO INVEST BY SAVINGS DEPOSIT

The guardian of an incompetent veteran placed trust funds in his hands in the savings department of a trust company. The trust company was closed by order of the state bank commissioner on March 4, 1933, and failed to reopen. Held, the guardian is not chargeable with the loss, this being a proper investment of the funds. Hines v. Ayotte, (Me. 1937) 189 A. 835

WILLS - ATTESTATION - ORDER OF SIGNING IN EXECUTION OF WILLS

Testator procured A and B to witness his will. Both signed in the blank spaces provided for that purpose, but the testator had not yet signed. Four days later testator again brought the will to A and B, stating that he wished to sign it in their presence. Both witnesses recognized the paper as the one to which they had previously affixed their signatures, and recognized their signatures thereon. Testator signed in their presence, and nothing further was done. Held, the will was validly executed. Bloechle v. Davis, 132 Ohio St. 415, 8 N. E. (2d) 247 (1937)

Patterns of Growth: Operationalizing Alexander's "Web Way of Thinking"

Christopher Alexander was often characterized - and sometimes seemed to characterize himself - as "sui generis," a radical and perhaps even eccentric thinker on architecture, technology, culture, and nature. That perception in turn has led many to dismiss Alexander's work as too idiosyncratic to be operationalized in the pragmatic world of planning and building. Here we show, however, that Alexander's core ideas have strong parallels in contemporary network science, mathematics, physics, and philosophy, and in the pragmatic world of technological design (including computer software). We highlight a remaining gap in translating Alexander's work into practical tools and strategies for implementation - a gap that is tantalizingly near to being bridged