Legal Opinion

Herman E. Kohen and Al B. Moll v. H. S. Crocker Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 14, 1958No. 17188PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Alleging: that a promissory note, executed by Royal Nevada Hotel and endorsed by defendants, was due and unpaid; and that it had been presented to the maker for payment and payment had been refused; plaintiff brought this suit against the defendants as endorsers to recover the amounts due and unpaid.

The defendants, admitting in their answer the execution of the note and their endorsements, and not denying any well pleaded fact alleged by plaintiff, pleaded as a defense: that the making of the note and their endorsements of it had been induced and procured by threats…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Collins v. HardymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Anna C. Dunn v. Ray GazzolaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
  3. McGuire v. ToddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  4. Yglesias v. Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'n, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  5. Rosenhan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Ragsdale v. KennedySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  2. Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  3. Continental Motors Corporation and Continental Aviation and Engineering Corporation v. Continental Aviation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. Southern Rhode Island Land Development Corp.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1976
  5. Jurgensen v. Fairfax CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984

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