Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank v. Barnette

GILBERT, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

We do not find it necessary to inquire whether under the facts as found by *691the trial court, the duress was in law such as to render the conveyance voidable. It may be said, in passing, that according to the evidence no duress was practiced by the receivers. Nor is it suggested by pleading or by proof that either the receivers or the great majority of the creditors of the bank were aware that duress had been practiced, or that undue influence had been exerted, to obtain the deed. The reported cases hold that- where the grantee of the…