Legal Opinion

Bank of Buchanan County v. Continental Nat. Bank

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1921No. 5551PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District-of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Action at law by the Continental National Bank of Dos Angeles against the Bank of Buchanan County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

HUNGER, District Judge.

This was an action upon a written guaranty. At the close of the evidence both parties requested a directed verdict. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and from the judgment this error proceeding is prosecuted. The J. L. Price Brokerage Company were engaged in business at St. Joseph, Mo., as commission merchants. Hicks, Sutherland & Co. were engaged in a similar business at Los Angeles, Cal. The St. Joseph company had made some prior purchases from the Los Angeles company, but, contemplating further purchases, it procured the defendant, hereafter…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Arkansas Valley Smelting Co. v. Belden Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Davis v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Boston Ice Co. v. PotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  4. Douglass and Others v. Reynolds and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
  5. Evansville National Bank v. KaufmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1883

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Troyer v. FoxWashington Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Banco Nacional Ultramarino v. First Nat. BankDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1923
  3. Columbia Malting Co. v. Clausen-Flanagan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  4. Roethemeyer v. MiltonWashington Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Wold v. League of the Cross of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1931

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