Legal Opinion
Gerrish v. Atlantic Ice & Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1935No. 7879PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
This is a suit for $20,000, with interest thereon at 6 per cent, per annum from July 1, 1929. The indebtedness is evidenced by 20 coupon, first mortgage bonds issued by the Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation, now extinct, whose assets were taken over and liabilities assumed by the appellee, Atlantic Ice & Coal Company. The bonds were stolen, in a bank robbery, from the appellant (the owner), who had bought them for value and had taken title to them by delivery, without written assignment. Notice of the robbery was promptly given the appellee, but shortly thereafter each of…
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