Legal Opinion
Sims Ex Rel. Barrow v. Smith
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided December 10, 1980No. TCA 78-1057Published
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HIGBY, District Judge.
The essential facts of this lawsuit are undisputed. Summary judgment is appropriate. Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 56. Jay Sims and the United States of America both claim ownership of a piece of land in Gadsden County, Florida. 1 The United States claims through a United States Marshal’s Deed issued October 11, 1974, as the culmination of a mortgage foreclosure action by the Farmers Home Administration against Willie E. Smith and Mary Lee Smith. The lien foreclosed was created December 14, 1971. Sims claims through a tax deed issued May
17, 1978, by the Clerk of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Quinn Plumbing Co. Inc. v. New Miami Shores Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1930
- United States v. Bernard E. Roessling, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Townsend Burns Ridgeway v. ReeseSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- First Trust & Savings Bank v. West Lake Investment Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1932
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