Legal Opinion

The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Lura Virginia Bickel Lee Carter

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 12, 1971No. 29435_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

We originally decided this appeal on April 7, 1971, Slip Opinion No. 29,435. However, upon further consideration, we have decided to grant the government’s petition for rehearing and withdraw our initial decision. The following opinion is substituted in lieu thereof:

In this three-party contest, the mortgagor seeks to set aside the entire foreclosure sale while the United States, the second mortgagee, argues that its lien should come before the claim for attorneys’ fees provided for in the first mortgage held by Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. The…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. United States v. Pioneer American InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Quinn Plumbing Co. Inc. v. New Miami Shores Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1930
  5. United States v. Bernard E. Roessling, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Kimbell Foods, Inc. v. Republic National Bank Of DallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  2. The T. H. Rogers Lumber Company v. James Bruce Apel, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
  3. United States v. General Douglas MacArthur Senior Village, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  4. United States v. Zac A. Crittenden, Jr., D/B/A Crittenden Tractor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Kimbell Foods, Inc. v. Republic National BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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