Legal Opinion
Brightwell v. First Nat. Bank of Kissimmee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1940No. 9291PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appeal is from a summary judgment for the defendant in a suit brought by the executors of Hurbert Fleming against First National Bank of Kissimmee for damages as for a conversion because of the Bank’s refusal to transfer on its books seventy-five shares of its stock. The case made by the petition supplemented by the uncontradicted affidavit of one of the ex.-ecutors is this: S. Y. Way in 1926 being the lessee of lands from Hurbert Fleming made a .bond of $10,000 to guarantee per*272formance of his obligations under the lease and secured it by delivering to Fleming the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bank v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- H. E. Ploof Machinery Co. v. Fourth National BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
- Alta-Cliff Co. v. SpurwaySupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Reichenbach v. McKeanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
3Cited by2 opinions
- Seaman v. Clearwater Oaks BankDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Brightwell v. First Nat. Bank of KissimmeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941