Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Brownsville, Texas v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 20, 1959No. Civ. A. 1262PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLRED, District Judge.
This is a purported interpleader action by plaintiff First National Bank of Brownsville, Texas, which is a citizen of Texas for jurisdictional purposes. 1 It is brought against the United States and two Texas corporations, 2 hereafter called Kenworth and Reynolds.
Plaintiff alleges that on December 24, 1958, it received by mail from Kenworth a cashier’s check, for $3,374.77, drawn upon a New York bank, payable to Reynolds; that the letter of transmittal instructed the Bank to procure Reynold’s endorsement on the check and return it to Kenworth but, before this could be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Wells v. LongCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Seattle Association of Credit Men, a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Mrs. Elsie Haynes v. William D. Felder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- United States v. Dry Dock Savings InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by9 opinions
- EC ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY v. HughesDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1972
- Haggard v. LancasterDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1970
- George v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1960
- Roger Kent v. The Northern California Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee, Roger Kent v. The United States and the Northern California Regional Office of the American Friends Service CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- General Railway Signal Co. v. CorcoranDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
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