Legal Opinion
United States v. Patricia O. Sperring Walcott
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 1992No. 91-8381PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge:
This dispute arises from a $500,000 loan from the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) to the husband of the defendant, Patricia Walcott. The defendant guaranteed the loan upon which her husband soon defaulted. The defendant, claiming insufficient funds to pay the entire guaranteed debt, settled the SBA’s claim with its purported representative for $75,000. Later, the United States sued defendant Walcott, claiming that the settlement agreement was void because SBA did not have the authority to settle the claim. The district court upheld the settlement…
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