Legal Opinion
Benitez v. Bank of Nova Scotia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 10, 1940No. Nos. 3488, 3486, 3487PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
These cases are related and will be dealt with in a single opinion.
No. 3488.
Complainant, appellee, on October 20, 1936, filed in the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico a bill in equity against Benitez Sugar Company, a corporation, and various persons, including the present appellant, individually and as members of the “Comunidad” Jose J. Benitez e Hijos, seeking foreclosure of certain securities and of a crop lien in satisfaction of various joint and several obligations of the corporation and the Co-munidad.
This Comunidad had large holdings of land on…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. BartelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. PillsburySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Cardona v. QuinonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Benitez Sampayo v. Bank of Nova ScotiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Morrow v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
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