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Bibliography
Books
- Cases and Materials on the Law of Property. 2nd ed. A. F. Smith and S. Tefft, co-authors. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1951.
- Cases on the Law of Bills and Notes. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1947.
- Cases on Banking. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1947.
- Cases and Materials on the Law of Titles to Real Property, Acquired Originally and by Transfer Inter Vivos. 3rd ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1942.
- Cases and Materials on the Law of Property. H. A. Bigelow and R. R. Powell, co-authors. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1942.
- Cases on the Law of Bankruptcy: Including the Law of Fraudulent Conveyances and Corporate Reorganization. 4th ed. E. Holbrook and T. C. Billig, co-authors. Chicago: Callaghan, 1939.
- Cases on the Law of Negotiable Paper and Banking. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1937.
- Cases on the Law of Bankruptcy: Including the Law of Fraudulent Conveyances. 3rd ed. E. Holbrook, co-author. Chicago: Callaghan, 1936.
- Cases on the Law of Titles to Real Property, Acquired Originally and by Transfer Inter Vivos. 2nd ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1932.
- Cases on the Law of Bankruptcy: Including the Law of Fraudulent Conveyances. 2nd ed. E. Holbrook, co-author. Chicago: Callaghan, 1927.
- Titles to Real Property Acquired Originally and by Transfer Inter Vivos, by American Casebook Series. Cases on the Law of Property, vol. 3. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1916.
- Cases on the Law of Bankruptcy: Including the Law of Fraudulent Conveyances. E. Holbrook, co-author. Chicago: Callaghan & Company, 1915.
Book Chapters
- "Real Property--Conveyances and Titles." In Problems in Law. 4th ed., edited by W. A. Seavey, 750-75. St. Paul, Minn: West, 1957.
Journal Articles
- "Stare Decisis and Legal Education." Ariz. L. Rev. 4, no. 1 (1962): 39-56.
- "Rights of the Holder of a Bill Against the Drawee and Others." Ariz. L. Rev. 3, no. 1 (1961): 14-22.
- "When is a Payee an 'Impostor'?" Ariz. L. Rev. 2, no. 1 (1960): 78-82.
- "Two Significant Recent Decisions in Negotiable Instruments." Ariz. L. Rev. 2, no. 1 (1960): 1-16.
- "Marketable Title Acts." U. Miami L. Rev. 13, no. 1 (1958): 47-62.
- "A Supplement to 'Constitutionality and Marketable Title Acts' 1951-1957." Mich. L. Rev. 56 (1957): 225-36.
- "Constitutionality of Marketable Title Acts." Mich. L. Rev. 50, no. 2 (1951): 185–202.
- "Rights of Finders." Mich. L. Rev. 48, no. 3 (1950): 352–7.
- "Finding Lost Goods--Ancient Indian Canoe." Mich. L. Rev. 48, no. 3 (1950): 368–9.
- "Henry Moore Bates: 1869-1949." P. A. Leidy and G. C. Grismore, co-authors. Mich. L. Rev. 47, no. 8 (1949): 1049–52.
- "Bills and Notes—Imposters in the Law of Bills and Notes." Mich. L. Rev. 46, no. 6 (1948): 787–93.
- "Amendments to the Forty Year Marketable Title Statute." Mich. St. B.J. 26, no. 9 (1947): 23–7.
- "Clearance of Land Titles: A Statutory Step." J.B. Ass'n St. Kan. 14 (1946): 164–73.
- "Title Problems in Land Transfers." Mich. St. B.J. 24, no. 2 (1945): 202–18.
- "Measure of Compensation for Extinguishment of Easement by Condemnation." Wis. L. Rev. 1945, no. 1 (1945): 5–40.
- "Joint Tenancy--Effect of Word 'Jointly'--Parol Evidence as to Intent." Mich. L. Rev. 43, no. 6 (1945): 1180–6.
- "Trusts—Participation by Banks in Diversion of Trust Funds." Mich. L. Rev. 42, no. 4 (1944): 694–701.
- "Banks and Banking—Bank Deposits and the N.I.L." Mich. L. Rev. 42, no. 4 (1944): 701–5.
- "Easements--Use of Boundary Line Driveways as Permissive or Adverse." Mich. L. Rev. 41 (1943): 1130–3.
- "The Grading of Examinations." B. Examiner 15 (1939).
- "Bonds Payable at Office of Trustee Which Becomes Insolvent After Deposit According to Agreement but Before Bonds Presented." Mich. L. Rev. 33, no. 3 (1935): 432–4.
- "The Grading of Examinations." B. Examiner 2, no. 6 (1933): 166-70.
- "Non-Negotiable Because of Reference to Trust Agreement." Mich. L. Rev. 31, no. 7 (1933): 984–6.
- "Negotiable Despite Reference to Trust Agreement." Mich. L. Rev. 31, no. 7 (1933): 986–7.
- "Bonds Payable at Office of Trustee Which Becomes Insolvent After Due Date but Before Bonds Presented." Mich. L. Rev. 32, no. 2 (1933): 232–9.
- "Acceleration Clause Affecting Negotiability." Mich. L. Rev. 31, no. 7 (1933): 983–4.
- "Waste—Improvement of Premises by Life Tenant." Mich. L. Rev. 30, no. 5 (1932): 784–8.
- "Restrictive Endorsements." Mich. L. Rev. 31, no. 1 (1932): 72–7.
- "Decency at the Bar." Mich. L. Rev. 30, no. 2 (1931): 270–3.
- "Recovery on Negotiable Instruments After Blanks Improperly Filled." Mich. L. Rev. 29, no. 1 (1930): 74–7.
- "Price v. Neal under the N.I.L." Mich. L. Rev. 28, no. 6 (1930): 743–6.
- "Creation of Easements." Mich. L. Rev. 28, no. 5 (1930): 599–603.
- "Aerial Navigation." Mich. L. Rev. 29, no. 1 (1930): 68–74.
- "'Luggage' in Bills and Notes." Mich. L. Rev. 28, no. 8 (1930): 1023–32.
- "Time Certainty in Negotiable Paper." U. Pa. L. Rev. 77, no. 3 (1929): 313–35.
- "Conditions in Bills and Notes." Mich. L. Rev. 26, no. 5 (1928): 471–501.
- "Payees as Holders in Due Course." Yale L.J. 36, no. 5 (1927): 608–31.
- "Legal Education and the Association of American Law Schools." Tex. L. Rev. 5 (1927): 111–25.
- "Doctrine of Price v. Neal." Mich. L. Rev. 24, no. 8 (1926): 809–25.
- "Acceptance of Deeds." Mich. L. Rev. 25, no. 2 (1926): 171–3.
- "Rights of Holder of Bill of Exchange against the Drawee." Harv. L. Rev. 38, no. 7 (1925): 857–86.
- "New Types of Negotiable Paper." Mich. L. Rev. 24, no. 1 (1925): 54–6.
- "Boundaries on Highways." Mich. L. Rev. 24, no. 2 (1925): 170–3.
- "Recognition of New Types of Negotiable Instruments." Colum. L. Rev. 24, no. 6 (1924): 563–93.
- "Payee as Holder in Due Course." Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 6 (1924): 581–3.
- "Operation of the Recording Acts." Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 5 (1924): 405–20.
- "Operation of the Recording Acts." Law. & Banker 17 (1924): 184–95.
- "Commercial Instruments, the Law Merchant and Negotiability." Minn. L. Rev. 8, no. 5 (1924): 361–78.
- "Acceleration Provisions in Commercial Paper." Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 7 (1924): 710–3.
- "'Current Funds' as 'Money' in Commercial Paper." Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 8 (1924): 826–8.
- "Rights of Finders." Mich. L. Rev. 21, no. 6 (1923): 664–82.
- "Legislation in Vague or General Terms." Mich. L. Rev. 21, no. 8 (1923): 831–51.
- "Operation and Effect of Recording." Mich. L. Rev. 20, no. 3 (1922): 344–6.
- "Joint Tenancy in Personal Property in Michigan." Mich. L. Rev. 20, no. 2 (1922): 219–21.
- "The Newberry Case." Mich. L. Rev. 19, no. 8 (1921): 860–4.
- "The League of Nations and the Laws of War." Mich. L. Rev. 19, no. 8 (1921): 835-48.
- "Declaratory Judgments." Mich. L. Rev. 19, no. 1 (1921): 86–91.
- "Willard Titus Barbour." Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 6 (1920): 522–3.
- "Recovery of Life Insurance When Insured Died in Military Service." Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 7 (1920): 686–9.
- "Deeds Delivered Conditionally to the Grantee." Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 4 (1920): 314–6.
- "Subsequent Impossibility as Affecting Contractual Obligations." Mich. L. Rev. 17, no. 8 (1919): 689–92.
- "Referendum as Applied to Proposed Amendments of the Federal Constitution." Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 1 (1919): 51–4.
- "Deeds to Take Effect after Death of Grantor." Mich. L. Rev. 17, no. 5 (1919): 413–6.
- "Deeds to Take Effect after Death of Grantor." Law. & Banker 12 (1919): 606–8.
- "Alienation of Contingent Remainders." Mich. L. Rev. 17, no. 4 (1919): 337–8.
- "Training for a Profession--Law." Mich. Alumnus 24 (1918): 531–2.
- "The Content of Covenants in Leases." Mich. L. Rev. 17, no. 1 (1918): 93–4.
- "Privilege of Enemy Aliens to Maintain Actions." Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 8 (1918): 621–2.
- "Is a Contract Necessary to Create an Effective Escrow?" Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 8 (1918): 569–88.
- "Effect of Change of Law upon Obligation to Pay Rent." Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 7 (1918): 534–6.
- "The Scope of the Mann Act." Mich. L. Rev. 15, no. 5 (1917): 425–6.
- "The Right of Fishing." Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 1 (1917): 37–9.
- "State Legislation Extending to Navigable Waters." Mich. L. Rev. 15, no. 8 (1917): 657–9.
- "Rights in Percolating Waters." Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 1 (1917): 36–7.
- "Reletting an Abandonment by Tenant as Surrender by Operation of Law." Mich. L. Rev. 15, no. 8 (1917): 659–60.
- "Special Assessments upon Cemeteries." Mich. L. Rev. 15, no. 2 (1916): 149–52.
- "Estates in Fee Tail." Mich. L. Rev. 14, no. 8 (1916): 658–9.
- "Revocability of Licenses - The Rule of Wood v. Leadbitter." Mich. L. Rev. 13 (1915): 401-3.
- "Breach of Landlord's Covenant as a Defense for Rent." Mich. L. Rev. 13 (1915): 317–8.
- "The Right to Divert Water to Non-Riparian Land." Mich. L. Rev. 12, no. 4 (1914): 304–7.
- "Interstate Commerce and State Control over Foreign Corporations." Mich. L. Rev. 12, no. 3 (1914): 210–5.
- "Adverse Possession in the Case of the Rights of Way of the Pacific Railroad Companies." Mich. L. Rev. 12, no. 4 (1914): 300–2.
- "The Character of User in Prescription." Mich. L. Rev. 11, no. 5 (1913): 384–6.
- "Effect of Covenants in Leases upon Tenant's Right to Remove Trade Fixtures." Mich. L. Rev. 11, no. 8 (1913): 592–3.
- "Depositor's Checks in Payment of Matured Obligations Held by Drawee Bank as Preferences." Mich. L. Rev. 12, no. 1 (1913): 50–2.
- "The Running with the Land of Agreements to Pay for a Portion of the Cost of Party Walls." Mich. L. Rev. 10 (1912): 187–211.
- "Provability in Bankruptcy of Claims Arising out of Alimony Decrees or Separation Agreements between Husband and Wife." Mich. L. Rev. 10, no. 6 (1912): 476–8.
- "Possession Under Mistake as Adverse Possession." Mich. L. Rev. 11, no. 1 (1912): 57–8.
- "Is a Bank Check an Assignment Pro Tanto of the Fund or Deposit?" Mich. L. Rev. 10, no. 5 (1912): 395–6.
- "The Corporation Tax Decision." Mich. L. Rev. 9, no. 7 (1911): 595–9.
- "Validity of Legislation Limiting Hours of Labor for Women." Mich. L. Rev. 9, no. 1 (1910): 44–6.
- "The Degree of Care Required in the Operation of a Scenic Railway." Mich. L. Rev. 8, no. 5 (1910): 405–7.
- "The Constitutionality of the Federal Corporation Tax." Mich. L. Rev. 8 (1910): 206–20.
- "Liability of Water Companies for Losses by Fire in Actions of Tort." Mich. L. Rev. 8, no. 6 (1910): 485–6.
- "Interstate Commerce and State Control of Foreign Corporations." Mich. L. Rev. 8, no. 7 (1910): 572–5.
- "Constitutionality of Legislation Designating Time and Manner of Payment of Wages." Mich. L. Rev. 9, no. 2 (1910): 142–6.
- "Constitutionality of Federal Corporation Tax." Nat'l Corp. Rep. 40 (1910): 789–99, 861–2.
- "The Position of a Trustee in Bankruptcy with Reference to Unfiled or Unrecorded Chattel Mortgages and Conditional Sales Contracts." Mich. L. Rev. 7, no. 6 (1909): 474-83. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
- "In the Absence of Proof What Is the Presumption as to the Law of a Country Not of Common Law Origin?" Mich. L. Rev. 8 (1909): 50-2. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
- "Effect of Taking Possession of a Mortgaged Property under a Chattel Mortgage as against a Junior Mortgage." Mich. L. Rev. 7 (1909): 580-3. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
- "Effect of an Agreement Not to Compromise without Consent of Attorney upon Contract for Contingent Fees." Mich. L. Rev. 7 (1909): 679-80. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
- "Power of Municipal Corporations to Grant Exclusion Privileges." Mich. L. Rev. 6 (1908): 397-403. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
- "May a Murderer Acquire Property from His Victim by Descent or Devise?" Mich. L. Rev. 7 (1908): 160-3. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
Reviews
- Review of American Law of Property, by A. J. Casner. Mich. L. Rev. 51, no. 7 (1953): 1107–10.
- Review of Bills and Notes, by W. E. Britton. Tex. L. Rev. 22, no. 4 (1944): 518–20.
- Review of Cases on the Law of Property, vol. 1, by W. F. Walsh and R. D. Niles. U. Pa. L. Rev. 88, no. 8 (1940): 1028–30.
- Review of Law of Negotiable Instruments, 4th ed., by J. M. Ogden. Temp. L.Q. 13, no. 1 (1938): 143–4.
- Review of Cases and Readings on Property, by E. Frazer. Ill. L. Rev. 28, no. 1 (1933): 142–3.
- Review of Law of Fraudulent Conveyances, by G. Glenn. ABA J. 18, no. 2 (1932): 116.
- Review of Cases on the Law of Property, 3rd ed., by W. F. Walsh. U. Pa. L. Rev. 80, no. 5 (1932): 778–9.
- Review of The Legal Elements of Boundaries and Adjacent Properties, by R. H. Skelton. Mich. L. Rev. 30, no. 2 (1931): 318–9.
- Review of Legal Aspects of Commercial Letters of Credit, by H. N. Finkelstein. Mich. L. Rev. 29, no. 8 (1931): 1114.
- "A Book of Little Value." Review of The Law of Negotiable Instruments, 3rd ed., by J. M. Ogden. Mich. L. Rev. 30, no. 1 (1931): 166–8.
- Review of Outlines of Real Property, by H. T. Tiffany. Mich. L. Rev. 28, no. 6 (1930): 784.
- Review of Negotiable Instruments Law Annotated with Reference to English Bills of Exchange Act, 4th ed., by J. D. Brannan. Colum. L. Rev. 27 (1927): 107–8.
- Review of Negotiable Instruments Law Annotated with Reference to English Bills of Exchange Act, 4th ed., by J. D. Brannan. Mich. L. Rev. 25, no. 2 (1926): 212.
- Review of The Law of Leases, by C. Lewis. Mich. L. Rev. 24, no. 2 (1925): 213–4.
- Review of Cases on the Law of Bills and Notes, by W. E. Britton. Mich. L. Rev. 23, no. 1 (1924): 96–7.
- Review of Cases on the Law of Bills and Notes, 2nd ed., by H. L. Smith and W. U. Moore. Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 1 (1923): 91–92.
- Review of The Preparation Contracts and Conveyances, with Forms and Problems, by Henry Winthrop Ballantine. Mich. L. Rev. 22, no. 4 (1922): 462–63.
- Review of Cases on Contracts, by G. P. Costigan. U. Pa. L. Rev. 71, no. 1 (1922): 95–96.
- Review of Tiffany on Real Property, by Herbert Thorndyke Tiffany. Mich. L. Rev. 19, no. 3 (1921): 362-4.
- Review of The Soldier-Lawyer Directory, by R. W. Shackelford, G. B. Zewadaski, and J. W. Cone. Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 6 (1920): 569.
- Review of Federal Income and Profits, Including Stamp Taxes, Capital Stock Tax, Tax on Employment of Child Labor, by George E. Holmes. Mich. L. Rev. 18, no. 6 (1920): 569-70.
- Review of Handbook on the Law of Torts, by H. Gerald Chapin. Mich. L. Rev. 16, no. 2 (1917): 143-4.
Reprints (Articles and other publications reprinted in full and Law Quadrangle)
- "Legal Education and the Association of American Law Schools." Am. L. Sch. Rev. 6, no. 2 (1927): 59–69. (Originally published under the same title in Tex. L. Rev. 5 (1927): 111-25.)
- "Rights of Finders." Am. L. Rev. 57, no. 4 (1923): 511–31. (Originally published under the same title in Mich. L. Rev. 21 (1923): 664-82.)
- "The Position of a Trustee in Bankruptcy with Reference to Unfiled or Unrecorded Chattel Mortgages and Conditional Sales Contracts." Am. Legal News 20 (1909): 272-8. (Originally published in Mich. L. Rev. 7, no. 6 (1909) 474-83. Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)