Legal Opinion
Wright v. Logan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1942No. 229PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The petitioners are Illinois farmers. Pursuant to a state court foreclosure decree, forty acres of their farm land were sold to W. S. Logan, the mortgagee. The state court master executed and delivered to Logan a certificate of sale, but a deed was not given at that time. By Illinois statute, mortgagors are given the right to redeem for twelve months after the date of foreclosure sale; and if this right is not exercised, creditors are given a similar right for an additional three months thereafter. Ill. Rev. Stat. (1941) c. 77, §§ 18,20. On May 3,1934, a day before the expiration of fifteen…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. BartelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Borchard v. California BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cohan v. ElderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Wragg v. Federal Land Bank of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Buss v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Mississippi River Fuel Corp. v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- McLean v. Federal Land BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Brinton v. Federal Land BankCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
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