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Seven G Ranching Co. v. Stewart Title & Trust

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided February 23, 1981No. 2 CA-CIV 3680PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

The main issue in this appeal is whether a trustee is guilty of bad faith if it settles a lawsuit involving the trust property over the objection of the beneficiary.

We shall consider the operative facts in the light most favorable to upholding the judgment of the trial court. In 1976 Home Federal Savings & Loan Association (Home) sued to foreclose the mortgage it held on Lots 67 and 73 of Twin Lakes Estates. It became the mortgagee as a result of a construction loan it gave in 1973 to the Hart Construction Company (Hart) which was to build a house on each lot. Stewart…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Estate of StetsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Crook v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1977
  3. Lane Title and Trust Company v. BrannanArizona Supreme Court · 1968
  4. In Re Estate of BinderOhio Supreme Court · 1940
  5. First Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. BashamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Woodworking Enterprises, Inc. v. Baird (In Re Baird)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  2. Whitfield v. LindemannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. Moore v. American Federation of Television & Radio ArtistsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Wilcoxon Construction, Inc. v. Woodall (In Re Woodall)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1995
  5. Whitfield v. LindemannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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