Legal Opinion

Wragg v. Federal Land Bank

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 7, 1944No. 11078Published

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Mrs. Wragg, in 1934 bought of appellee Federal Land Bank of New Orleans a farm of 138 acres in Alabama, the price to be paid in twenty annual installments, secured by mortgage. Because of defaults in payment, the Bank began foreclosure proceedings and Mrs. Wragg sought relief in bankruptcy as a farmer-debtor under Section 75, 11 U.S. C.A. § 203. Her proceeding was dismissed and her appeal from this order of dismissal was refused prosecution in forma pauperis by this court, In re Wragg, 95 F.2d 252, and perished. The mortgage foreclosure proceeded, a sale…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wragg v. Federal Land Bank of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Johnson v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Cramer v. WatsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  4. In re WraggCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
  5. Wright v. Union Central Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942

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