(Download) "Griffin v. Lockhart" by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Griffin v. Lockhart
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 29, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The government appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in favor of Universal Title Insurance Company ("Universal"), finding that Universal was entitled to be equitably subrogated to the rights of lienholders who were senior to a federal tax lien, which the insurer failed to discover in performing a title search incident to issuing two insurance policies. Universal Title Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 3-87-835 (D. Minn. Apr. 26, 1989) (Universal Title). For reversal, the government argues that the district court erred in subrogating Universal to the position of the prior lienholders because Universal has not met the prerequisites for asserting this equitable doctrine under Minnesota law. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case to the district court to enter judgment in favor of the government.