Legal Opinion

Foote v. Kansas City Life Ins.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 23, 1937No. 8520PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

By its bill in equity, the appellee obtained a decree in the court below setting aside a sheriff’s sale under execution, canceling a deed to land purchased at said sale by appellant, ordering the purchase money refunded to him, and directing another sale of the property in satisfaction of the judgment under which the first sale took place. From this decree, Nathaniel Foote, the purchaser at the sale thus avoided and the son-in-law of the judgment debtor, appeals.

A motion to dismiss was filed by appellant, and the action of the court below in overruling it is assigned as…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Simon v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Graffam v. BurgessSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Slater v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  4. Kauffman & Runge v. MorrissTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Brophy v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Citibank, N. A. v. Data Lease Financial CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  2. Weir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
  3. First National Bank of Jefferson Parish v. M/v Lightning Power, Eagle Fleet, Inc., Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  4. Jefferson Bank & Trust Co. v. Van NimanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. Weir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965

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