Legal Opinion
First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n, Chickasha, Oklahoma v. Nath
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 15, 1992No. 71255PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Chief Justice.
The issues presented on certiorari are: (1) Did the trial court err when it implicitly applied the equitable “anti-merger doctrine” 1 to keep a mortgage lender’s [First Federal’s] 2 first mortgage alive and superi- or to unforeclosed personal property tax liens after First Federal’s earlier foreclosure of that first mortgage in a proceeding in which a tax lienholder [County] was not joined and First Federal purchased the mortgaged property at the sheriff’s sale? and (2) Were County’s unforeclosed personal property tax liens extinguishable sans foreclosure as a “cloud”…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Mennonite Board of Missions v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. PopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Chamberlin v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Hamid v. Sew OriginalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- State v. TorresSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- Davis v. GHS Health Maintenance Organization, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Schulte Oil Co. v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Reddell v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
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