Legal Opinion
State Savings & Loan Association of Lubbock, State Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lubbock v. Liberty Trust Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1989No. 88-1106PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Liberty Trust Co. (“Liberty Trust”) appeals a judgment of a district court holding it liable to State Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lubbock (“State Federal”) on a promissory note.
Liberty Trust asserts that the district court erred in permitting State Federal to enforce the note. In the alternative, Liberty Trust asserts that the district court erred in failing to reduce the judgment after State Federal settled with the note’s co-makers and that the district court should not have awarded attorney’s fees to State Federal. We wholly reject Liberty Trust’s initial…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dwight L. Ingraham v. United States of America, Jocelyn Bonds, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Perkins v. CrittendenTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Clark v. Dedina, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1983
- Southwestern Fire & Casualty Company v. LarueTexas Supreme Court · 1963
- Zarges v. BevanTexas Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Anderson v. BursonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
- Christian v. University Federal Savings Ass'n, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990
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