Legal Opinion
Eastside Church of Christ v. National Plan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1968No. 24500PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the not unusual question of which of the innocent parties, appellants on the one hand and appellees on the other, must bear a loss sustained through the defalcation of a third party with respect to church bonds. The appellants, seven churches, are seeking recovery against the two appellees, National Plan, Inc. and its president and principal owner, Robert H. Knox. The churches, asserting that they never received payment for certain bonds which they issued and which were purchased by National, claim that they are entitled to recover the bonds…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Perry O. Hooper, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Consolidated American Industries, Inc. v. Mountain States Securities CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Kelley v. Everglades Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Kardon v. National Gypsum Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
- Goldstein v. GroesbeckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,220 Mathers Fund, Inc. v. The Colwell CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,718 Regional Properties, Inc., Cross-Appellants v. Financial and Real Estate Consulting Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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