Legal Opinion

Ignatius v. Farmers' State Bank of Havre

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 4, 1921No. 3480Published

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; George M. Bourquiu, Judge. Action by W. D. Ignatius, as trustee of the estate of J. R. Crites, bankrupt, against the Farmers’ State Bank of Havre, Mont. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

.MORROW, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought in the lower court by W. U. Ignatius, as trustee of the estate of J. R. Crites, bankrupt, as plaintiff, against the Farmers’ State Bank of Havre, Mont., as defendant. The action arises out of the liquidation of the estate of *34the bankrupt, J. R. Crites, and is for a decree declaring certain mortgages null and void and for the specific recovery of the sum of $16,-000 from the defendant bank.

The action involves the question of the validity of three certain chattel mortgages given by the bankrupt, J. R. Crites, to the defendant, Farmers’ State Bank,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Riggs v. PriceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
  2. Holbrook v. International Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. McKenna v. SimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Baldwin v. KingstonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
  5. Blick v. NimmoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913

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