Legal Opinion

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Harden

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 19, 1979No. 49817PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOOLIN, Justice:

This appeal involves the question of the propriety of a claim by appellee landowners for a lien for ground rent in a foreclosure action on their own property.

Landowners owned the fee in certain undeveloped real estate in Oklahoma City. Glenbrook Centre, Inc. desired to develop the property into an office building. Landowners leased the property to Glenbrook and then joined with it in mortgaging the property to finance construction. The lease provided for monthly rental payments to landowners once the proposed construction was completed.

Construction was completed but problems…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. National Cash Register Co. v. Stockyards Cash MarketSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  2. Young v. J. A. Young MacHine & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
  3. Hart v. BingmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  4. Hay v. PatrickCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1935
  5. Taylor v. B. B. & G. Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Riffe Petroleum Co. v. Great Nat. Corp., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  2. United States Ex Rel. Farmers Home Administration v. RedlandWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. BoeseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
  4. Virginia Beach Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. WoodDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1988
  5. Ladd v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984

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