Legal Opinion
Okeechobee County v. Nuveen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1944No. 11091PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Alleging that they had deposited1 with the County certified checks to guarantee performance of contracts with respect to refunding bonds, and that they were entitled to have them back, plaintiffs sued for their return, or, if they had been cashed, for their face amount with interest from demand. The claim was that though the contracts had become impossible of performance through no fault of theirs, the county was holding on to, and claiming as its own, the checks or their proceeds. There was no denial that the deposits had been made. The defenses were that they could…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Benton & Brother v. SingletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- First State Bank of Ft. Meade v. SingeltarySupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Nuveen v. Board of Public Instruction of Gadsden CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Taylor v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
- Moss v. CondictSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, and v. D. D. Harrington, and D. D. Harrington, and v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, AndCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Menendez v. Faber, Coe & Gregg, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Manchester Gardens, Inc. v. Great West Life Assur. Co. Great West Life Assur. Co. v. Manchester Gardens, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1960
- Republic of Haiti v. Crown Charters, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1987
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