Legal Opinion
Walker v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided November 4, 1938No. 7816-CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
This is a- suit in tort to recover for personal injuries said to have been sustained in a fall from an unsafe chair, to which plaintiff was invited to sit, by an employee of the defendant, while she called at the defendant’s office for business purposes.
The defendant moved to dismiss, for that defendant is an arm of the Sovereignty of the United States and not liable for tort, and the court has not jurisdiction.
The “Home Owners Loan Act of 1933” creates a depository of public funds to be expended for the relief of distressed mortgage farm and home owners, and is a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- United States v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Steward MacHine Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Helvering v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gibson v. First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1972
- Prato v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1939
- Union Nat. Bank v. McDonaldDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1940
- Carver v. HaynesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1941