Legal Opinion
Texas National Bank v. Sandia Mortgage Corporation v. William B. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1989No. 88-1194PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Without a moment’s hesitation, one may confidently say that Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Gertrude Stein possessed cute minds and nimble tongues. Defendant-appellant William B. Nelson (“Nelson”) also considered himself acutely ingenious. However, that which appears too cute, usually is. Nelson with a stroke of his pen, blocked defendant-appellee Sandia Mortgage Corporation (“Sandia”) from collecting $80,000 from a certificate of deposit (“CD”), number 3816, which Sandia held as collateral for a $608,000 loan. For reasons we shall explain, we affirm the district…
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