Armstrong v. Chemical Nat. Bank of New York
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. Bill by the Chemical National Bank of City of New York against David Armstrong, receiver of the Fidelity National Bank. From a decree allowing the claim of the complainant (76 Fed. 339), the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. Bill by the Chemical National Bank of City of New York against David Armstrong, receiver of the Fidelity National Bank. From a decree allowing the claim of the complainant (76 Fed. 339), the defendant appeals. The bill in the circuit court was exhibited by the Chemical National Bank of New York City against David Armstrong, receiver of the Fidelity National Bank, to compel the allowance of a claim of $300,000, with interest, for a loan alleged to have been made by the Chemical Bank to…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). Can the case before us be distinguished on any satisfactory grounds from that of Western National Bank v. Armstrong, 152 U. S. 346, 14 Sup. Ct 572? If not, the decree of the circuit court must be reversed.
In the Western Bank Case it appeared that by a letter of May 16, 1887, Harper asked for a loan from the Western Bank of $300,-000, and inclosed four notes, for $50,000 each, due in four months, signed by A. Is. Gahr, and indorsed by Harper, and secured by 1,600 shares of Fidelity Bank stock. The letter, though written on a letter head of the Fidelity Bank, was…
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