Legal Opinion

Benitez v. Bank of Nova Scotia

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 30, 1942No. 3503PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a deficiency judgment rendered May 9, 1939, by the United States District Court for Puerto Rico in a foreclosure suit brought by the Bank of Nova Scotia, appellee herein, a Canadian corporation having its principal office and domicile in Halifax, against Benitez Sugar Company, a Puerto Rican corporation, and various persons, including the present appellant, individually and as members of the Comunidad Jose J. Benitez e Hijos.

A final decree in this equity suit, dated August 22, 1938, adjudged that the Comunidad and the Sugar Company were jointly…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fay v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
  2. Woods-Faulkner & Co. v. MichelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
  3. Benitez Sampayo v. Bank of Nova ScotiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
  5. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Appeal of Campaigner Publications, Inc., in Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Appeal of Caucus Distributors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  2. Summers v. Financial Freedom Acquisition LLCCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  3. International Paper Co. v. WhitsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
  4. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
  5. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944

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