Legal Opinion
Hampel v. Minkwitz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1927No. 4737PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
J. H. P. Davis & Co., a partnership engaged in the banking business, to secure performance of its obligations as depository of funds belonging to Ft. Bend comity, Tex., gave a bond, which was signed by one of the firm, in the partnership name, as principal, and by ten individuals as sureties; four of those individuals being the partners composing the firm. The partnership and the three surviving members of it were adjudged bankrupt. After signers of the bond, who were not members of the bankrupt firm, had paid $108,000 on the amount, $334,136.24, for which the firm was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Merrill v. National Bank of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Francis v. McNealSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Schall v. CamorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Board of Com'rs v. HurleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Savings Bank v. CreswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re HL Gentry Construction CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1961
- In Re Fay Stocking Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
- Wells v. PiggottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
- Hampel v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- In re J. H. P. Davis & Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1929