Legal Opinion

Adams v. HOME OWNERS'LOAN CORPORATION

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 4, 1939No. 11430PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

George M. Adams appeals from a final judgment which dismissed an action brought by him against the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation for damages for malicious prosecution. The judgment followed upon the court’s sustaining a demurrer filed by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to the amended petition.

The Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, 12 U.S.C.A. §§ 1461-1468, authorized and directed the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to create a corporation “to be known as the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, which shall be an instrumentality of the United States, which shall have authority to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Spalding v. VilasSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  5. United States v. StrangSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Matson v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. White v. TowersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  4. United States v. SmythDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1952
  5. Home Loan Bank Board v. Mallonee Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco v. Federal Home Loan Bank of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952

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