Mason v. Federal Land Bank

Tenth Circuit

Mason v. Federal Land Bank

127 F.2d 1015, 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 4043

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

DecidedMay 5, 1942

DocketNo. 2493

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

This text of 127 F.2d 1015 (Mason v. Federal Land Bank) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mason v. Federal Land Bank, 127 F.2d 1015, 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 4043 (10th Cir. 1942).

Pincite

Opinion

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

William S. Mason, a farmer, died September 26, 1937. At the time of his death he was indebted to the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley on several negotiable notes secured by mortgages on real estate in Box Elder County, Utah. On April 17, 1941, appellant, Wayne N. Mason, was appointed administrator of his estate. The Probate Court authorized him to institute proceedings in the United States District Court .of Utah for relief under Section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203. Thereafter the Probate Court set aside the order authorizing the institution of the proceedings and the federal court dismissed the petition. This was done on the authority of Zion’s Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Harris, 99 Utah 464, 105 P.2d 461. The administrator has appealed.

Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the administrator may not maintain the action in the Federal Court in the absence of an order from the state Probate Court authorizing him to proceed. We so held in Sterling P. Harris, [1016]*1016Administrator, v. Zion’s Savings Bank & Trust Company, 10 Cir., 127 F.2d 1012, decided this day. That decision is controlling here.

The appeal is without merit and is therefore dismissed.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

William S. Mason, a farmer, died September 26, 1937. At the time of his death he was indebted to the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley on several negotiable notes secured by mortgages on real estate in Box Elder County, Utah. On April 17, 1941, appellant, Wayne N. Mason, was appointed administrator of his estate. The Probate Court authorized him to institute proceedings in the United States District Court .of Utah for relief under Section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203. Thereafter the Probate Court set aside the order authorizing the institution of the proceedings and the federal court dismissed the petition. This was done on the authority of Zion’s Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Harris, 99 Utah 464, 105 P.2d 461. The administrator has appealed.

Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the administrator may not maintain the action in the Federal Court in the absence of an order from the state Probate Court authorizing him to proceed. We so held in Sterling P. Harris, [1016]*1016Administrator, v. Zion’s Savings Bank & Trust Company, 10 Cir., 127 F.2d 1012, decided this day. That decision is controlling here.

The appeal is without merit and is therefore dismissed.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

127 F.2d 1015, 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 4043, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mason-v-federal-land-bank-ca10-1942.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack