Legal Opinion
Pottorff v. Key
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1933No. 6850PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, Key, gave to First National Bank of El Paso, Tex., his cheek on another bank for $500, and took a receipt reading : “Received of the above mentioned A. H. Key the sum of $500.00 together with a copy of the foregoing contract to be held by the First National Bank of El Paso, Texas, under the terms and conditions of the foregoing contract.” That contract was one for the purchase by Key from a third person of certain realty, in which it was stipulated that, pending examination of the title, Key should place $500 with the- bank “in escrow,” to be forfeited to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Peters v. BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Empire State Surety Co. v. Carroll CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Board of Com'rs v. StrawnCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907
- Frelinghuysen v. NugentU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1888
- Spokane County v. First Nat. Bank of SpokaneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1895
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Wisdom v. KeenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Carcaba v. McNairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- John L. Walker Co. v. AldenDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1934
- McNair v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Gulley v. WisdomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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