Legal Opinion
George Graves v. Thomas E. Sneed
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1976No. 75-1746PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
This case involves yet another effort to make a federal question out of litigation where exclusive jurisdiction is in State courts. Basically it is a traditional action in equity — to have deeds declared to be mortgages, to obtain an accounting and to compel the reconveyance of certain real estate to plaintiffs. Chief District Judge Bailey Brown dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction, but without prejudice. We affirm.
Appellants contend that they are the owners of two tracts of land in Haywood County, Tennessee; that in December 1947 they mortgaged the land by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Sheldon v. SillSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Turner, Administrator of Stanley, in Error v. The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1799
- Lockerty v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mayor v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Kevin Gross, as Receiver for Hougland Barge Line, Inc., a Dissolved Delaware Corporation v. Frances M. HouglandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Linda Kay Sullivan v. George BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- James W. Smith v. Charles MartinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- In Re ConleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
- Matter of Seven Springs Apartments, Phase IIUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1983
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