Legal Opinion
Home Savings & Loan Association v. Bates
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 1966No. 7810PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALDO SPIESS, Judge, Court of Appeals.
This appeal is from a final judgment foreclosing a real estate mortgage. The question raised is whether relief should have been denied the mortgagee (appellee) under the clean hands maxim.
One William M. Mills secured a loan from appellee, Home Savings and Loan Association, for the purpose of constructing a dwelling upon specified property. The loan was in the principal amount of $31,000.00, evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a mortgage covering the land upon which the improvements were to he constructed.
In accordance with the terms of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hanley v. HanleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Leathers v. LeathersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- American Inv. Co. v. LyonsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1923
- Mullikin v. JonesNevada Supreme Court · 1955
- Pacific Finance Corp. v. CraneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Magnolia Mountain Ltd. Partnership v. Ski Rio Partners, Ltd.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- MONTGOMERY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'N v. BaerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- AG New Mexico v. Borges (In re Borges)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 2014
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