Legal Opinion
Colby v. Riggs Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 1937No. 6750, 6751PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, J.
Appellants brought their bills in the United States District Court seeking to recover from the Riggs National Bank of Washington city some $800,000 claimed to' belong to them and others in like situation and to have been misappropriated by Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Company.
Forty other persons intervened and became parties .plaintiff. A concise statement of facts follows:
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Company, called Swartzell Company, had conducted for nearly half a century a note brokerage business in the District of Columbia. Its reputation and standing were of the highest, and its satisfied…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Bischoff v. . Yorkville BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Union Stock Yards Bank v. GillespieSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Allen v. Puritan Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by37 opinions
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