United States v. Gerald L. Fitzgerald

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Gerald, Geraldine, and Theodore Fitzgerald appeal from various orders entered by the district court 1 in foreclosure proceedings brought by the United States after the Fitzgeralds defaulted on Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1968, Gerald and Geraldine Fitzgerald (“the Fitzgeralds”) entered into a contract for deed with Gerald’s mother, Theressa Fitzgerald, for a parcel of farmland Theressa owned in Union County, South Dakota. Although the contract for deed required Gerald and Geraldine to make yearly payments of $1,000, they made no…