Legal Opinion

Emmons v. Smitt

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 25, 1945No. 9925PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

The complaint sets out that plaintiff, a lawyer, was admitted to practice in the courts of Michigan in 1899, and thereafter in other courts, including this and the Supreme Court; that in 1920, he became co-executor of the estate of George H. Cummings, which consisted of interests in some eighty pieces of real estate, including the Stanley farm, the incumbrances on which rendered them unsalable through probate court proceedings; that following a conference with the judge of the probate court, plaintiff was authorized to purchase the Cummings’ interest in the farm and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Bradwell v. StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  4. Iowa Central Railway Co. v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Missouri Ex Rel. Hurwitz v. NorthSupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Battaglia v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  2. Sol A. Dann, John H. Neville and Louise A. Turek v. Studebaker-Packard Corporation, Harold E. Churchill, Hugh J. Ferry, and A. J. PortaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
  3. Glicker v. Michigan Liquor Control CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
  4. Schatte v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Operators of United States & CanadaDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
  5. William Joe Johnson v. Harry S. Avery, Commissioner of Correction, and C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967

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