Legal Opinion

Mellon v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1917No. 4402PublishedCited by 6 opinions

On application of Dora Finley, formerly Dora Patterson, to modify the court’s opinion and decree.

1Opinion of the Court

TRIEBER, District Judge.

The petitioner asks for a modification of the decree rendered by this court at the May term, 1915 (225 Fed. 693, 140 C. C. A. 567), so far as it adjudges that, upon the payment by Mrs. Mellon of all liens declared by the decree to' be superior to her claims, she should become the absolute owner of ,the lease and building, free from the terms of the lease, and the claim of all parties to the action. This petition was filed at the December term, 1916.

The petitioner bases her claim upon two grounds: First. That the court may, at any time, after the term at which the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. McCormick v. SullivantSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
  3. Dowell v. ApplegateSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Standard Oil Co. of Ind. v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McCabeSupreme Court of the United States · 1909

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. Miguel Suarez-PerezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  2. Lynch v. CollinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  3. United State ex rel. Coy v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1941
  4. United States v. BruceDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1943
  5. In Re FRIEDA Q.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013

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