Legal Opinion
Union Central Life Ins. Co. v. Imsland
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1937No. 10767PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The broad question presented by this appeal is whether a mortgagee which has agreed to accept a compromise settlement of the mortgage debt may be compelled to carry out its agreement, where it appears that the mortgagors have performed acts and incurred expense in reliance thereon. The court below answered the question in the affirmative and entered a decree accordingly, from which this appeal is taken by the mortgagee.
The facts are not in dispute and most of them are agreed to. It appears that in 1923 Lars Imsland and his wife, Amanda, owned and occupied a 479-acre…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Very v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Johnson v. UmstedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Darrington v. Branch of the Bank of AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. LochrenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Benward v. Automobile Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1945
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