Legal Opinion
Groves v. Witherspoon
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided April 16, 1974No. Civ. A. 8432PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
This is an action to clear the title of plaintiffs to certain valuable real property located in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
Plaintiffs, niece and nephews of the defendant, David A. Witherspoon (David), contend that they were never made parties to an action originally filed in July 1965 by David in the Chancery Court of Knox County, Tennessee to foreclose an alleged vendor’s lien on the property in that they were never given sufficient notice under the Due Process…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Walker v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Bass v. HoaglandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- New York Life Insurance Co. v. Nashville Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Terrazas v. RiggsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Freddie Gold and Wife, Goldie Gold, Cross-Appellants v. National Savings Bank of the City of Albany, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Weaver v. FrazeeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- William S. Walters, Jr. v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A. MemphisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Hardwick Bank & Trust Co. v. Brown (In Re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1983
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