Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Joseph
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 1941No. 7322PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment jdeny-i'ng his suit to recover $10,000 advanced by him as earnest money to apply upon the purchase price of certain real estate which defendant, as receiver of an insolvent national bank, had contracted to sell to him.
The contract, dated October 17, 1936, in view of the statute, 12 U.S.C.A. § 192, requiring a receiver of a national bank, before selling real estate, to obtain an order of approval, provided that it should be effective only when approved by the District Court. Accordingly defendant filed a petition asking the court to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hansbrough v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Hulse v. ArgetsingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Fifer v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
- In re Rochester Sanitarium & Baths Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Ellis v. LittleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Bernard Jerry, and Edgar SaundersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Andrea Geiger v. Donald AllenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Michelsen v. PenneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- State v. SchwabWashington Supreme Court · 2008
- In Re the Liquidation of Franklin National BankDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
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