People v. Beardsley

People v. Beardsley
People v. Beardsley
Court	Michigan Supreme Court
Decided	December 10, 1907
Citation(s)	150 Mich. 206, 113 N.W. 1128 (1907)
Court membership
Judges sitting	Aaron V. McAlvay, Robert Morris Montgomery, Russell C. Ostrander, Frank A. Hooker, Joseph B. Moore
Case opinions
Decision by	McAlvay
Keywords
	Duty to act; Manslaughter;

People v. Beardsley 150 Mich. 206, 113 N.W. 1128 (1907)^[1] is a well-known case that illustrates the parameters around the legal necessity of a duty to act, and the criminal liability of failure to act when there is an obligation to provide reasonable assistance. In Jones v. United States 308 F.2d 307 (D.C. Cir. 1962),^[2] the categories falling under this legal duty were set forth. They include duties based on statute, duties based on contract, duties based on the voluntary assuming of responsibility as for the care of a child, and duties based on legal relationships, such as between parent and child or husband and a wife.^[3]

^ People v. Beardsley, 150 Mich. 206 (1907).
^ Jones v. United States, 308 F.2d 307 (D.C. Cir. 1962).
^ Cite error: The named reference criminal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] People v. Beardsley, 150 Mich. 206 (1907).

[2] Jones v. United States, 308 F.2d 307 (D.C. Cir. 1962).

[criminal-3] Cite error: The named reference criminal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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