U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1941

Schumacher & Seiler, Inc. v. Sandler

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided March 10, 1941

118 F.2d 348; 1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 4008 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

C. Morris Harrison and George Ross Veazey, both of Baltimore, Md., for appellant., George E. Robinson and Louis M. Silberstein, both of Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Hoffman v. Key Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (Md. 1979)
Wilson Brothers v. Cooey (Md. 1968)
Bostick v. Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation (District Court, D. Maryland 1957)
Oriole Paper Box Co. v. Reliance Insurance (District Court, D. Maryland 1957)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

This case involved the validity of a mortgage for future advances. Both the Referee in Bankruptcy and the District Court held the mortgage invalid on the ground that the mortgage clearly failed to comply with the apposite Maryland statute, Code 1924, art. 66, § 2, and the decisions of the highest court of Maryland interpreting and applying this statute.

We are, of course, hound by the decisions of that court. In the District Court, Judge Chesnut discussed at some length the scope and philosophy of this Maryland statute, and analyzed many of the leading Maryland decisions. We do not think any useful purpose would be served by an attempt to add to Judge Chesnut’s opinion, In re Shapiro (Petition of Schumacher & Seiler, Inc.), D.C.Md.1940, 34 F.Supp. 737. So we adopt that opinion as the opinion of our Court.

Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court in this case is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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