Banco Mercantil Americano de Cuba v. Taggart Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the 'District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Suit in equity by the Banco Mercantil Americano de Cuba against the Taggart Coal • Company and others. From an order dismissing the bill and transferring the cause to the law side of the court, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s bill from the equity side of the court and transferring it to the law side.
The hill averred: That appellant, a banking corporation of Havana, Cuba, issued ■& letter of credit to the Taggart Coal Company, appellee, and advanced to it a total of $1,100,612 for the financing of shipments of coal from the United States to Cuban ports; that there was a balance due appellant of approximately $300,000; that in pursuance of agreement between the parties, appellant paid drafts in favor of the coal company through a…
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