Legal Opinion
Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 19, 1923No. 285PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
For present purposes this case may be»shortly stated. A wife and husband, both financially embarrassed, transferred certain land in Indiana to a corporate trustee pursuant to an arrangement whereby the trustee was to ád-vance moneys for their benefit, assist in procuring advances from others,, protect the title, ultimately sell the land, use the proceeds in satisfying such mortgages or liens as might be superior to the rights of the trustee and in repaying moneys advanced by it and by others, and turn the residue over to the wife, her personal representatives or assigns. The purpose of the…
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