Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. Ellis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 4, 1915No. 4152PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit by Eva Prince Ellis against A. B. Sullivan and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

YOUMANS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of foreclosure of a mortgage given by Maria E. Russell, to secure the per*696formance of a certain contract entered into by her to indemnify Eva Prince, now Eva Prince Ellis, the appellee. The contract was that Eva Prince, in the settlement of a controversy between her and A. B. Sullivan, should foreclose a certain mortgage given her by Elizabeth M. Gibbons and Joseph Gibbons, and cause the property therein described to be sold, and if the proceeds of such sale did not amount to the full sum of money loaned by Eva Prince on the property…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Kelley v. BoettcherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  4. Thomas v. Pacific Beach Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Bills v. Silver King Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Gossard v. GossardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
  2. Bank of Nevada v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  3. Fellows v. National Can Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
  4. Bass v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co. of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
  5. United States v. Vivian Gordon and Carl C. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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