Legal Opinion

Bent-Otero Improvement Co. v. Whitehead

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 15, 1898No. 3703PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Otero County.-

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard

The appellee, Matthew Whitehead, being the owner of a note secured by a certain deed of trust, brings this action to cancel a trustee’s deed issued to appellant in pursuance of a sale of the trust property, upon the ground that the sale was unauthorized and void. He predicates his right to such relief upon the following facts:

One Ruel L. Nute, on September 21, 1889, made a promissory note for $1,000, payable to the order of the Colorado Securities Company on September 1, 1894. At the same time, to secure the payment of the note, he executed a deed of trust to Henry J. Aldrich, the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Williams v. Peyton's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Stephens v. ClaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
  3. Bomar v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Breit v. YeatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Shippen v. WhittierIllinois Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Smith v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  2. Empire Ranch & Cattle Co. v. HowellColorado Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Walters v. WebsterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1912
  4. Southland Lumber Co. v. BoydTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  5. Delta County Land & Cattle Co. v. TalcottColorado Court of Appeals · 1902

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