Citizens' Bank & Trust Co. v. Thornton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Alabama. Suit in equity by the Citizens’ Bank & Trust Company against T. M, Thornton, receiver of the First National Bank of Attalla, and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Alabama. Suit in equity by the Citizens’ Bank & Trust Company against T. M, Thornton, receiver of the First National Bank of Attalla, and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The appellant, the Citizens’ Bank & Trust Company, a banking corporation under the laws of Tennessee, filed its bill in the circuit court against the First National Bank of Attalla, and Thomas M. Thornton, as receiver, appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency to liquidate its affairs. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The Buckmaster and Williams note reads as follows:
“$5,000.00 ’ Attalla, Ala., April 14th, 1906.
“On the 12th of August, 1906. fixed, I, we, or either of us, promise to pay to L. M. Dyke, or order, five thousand & 00/100 dollars, value received, and with interest from maturity, negotiable and payable at tbe First National Bank of Attalla, Ala. Maker and indorser hereby agrees to pay any and all costs of collection, of whatever nature, either of collecting or attempting to collect, securing or attempting to secure, in part or in full, and also including a…
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