Legal Opinion
Cronkhite v. Chaplin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1922No. 5965PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error (who was plaintiff below) brought an action which he asserts was an action to recover damages for conversion of a deed to real estate and for slander of his title. The court below directed a verdict in his favor, but limited the amount of his damages to $1, and he -now complains of this limitation.
The plaintiff’s petition alleged, and the evidence established, that he was the owner of a tract of land in Oklahoma, upon which there was a mortgage securing obligations on which plaintiff was also personally liable. At a later period plaintiff executed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chesebro v. PowersMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Kelly v. First State Bank of RothsaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Brownell-Drews Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Coffman v. HendersonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- Smith v. AutrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Walley v. HUNTMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
- Garver v. Public Service Company of New MexicoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Carroll v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1937
- Witmer v. Valley National BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937
- Eadus v. HunterMichigan Supreme Court · 1934