Legal Opinion

Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 1921No. 23,598PublishedCited by 27 opinions

From Hamilton Circuit Court; Earle Sample, Special Judge. Action' by Dora E. Rooker and others against the Fidelity Trust Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtWilloughby, J.

This case is a resumption of proceedings under the mandate of this court in Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. (1915), 185 Ind. 172, 109 N. E. 766. The appellants, as settlors of a trust in lands, sued appellee, who was the trustee, alleging a violation and repudiation of the trust and demanding damages, an accounting, that the appellee trustee be removed, and that a receiver be appointed for the trust estate to administer it under the terms of the trust agreement. Appellee on its part filed a cross-complaint in which it set up the same trust and its duties under it* as trustee, its performance of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Standley v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Bunch v. GraveIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Woodruff v. GarnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  4. Chicago & South Eastern Railway Co. v. State, ex rel. City of NoblesvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Barner v. BaylessIndiana Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Gresham Park Community Organization, Simon E. Parker, MacY B. Lee and Calvin E. Sims v. Gary Howell D/B/A Southeast Package Number TwoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  2. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Hill v. Town of ConwayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  4. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., TrusteeIndiana Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Inter State Motor Freight System v. HenryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1942

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