National Bank of Commerce in Denver v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. • This was a creditors’ bill, which was exhibited by George A. Allen and others, the appellees, composing the firm of Paris, Allen & Go., against the National Bank of Commerce in Denver, the appellant, and against the A. K. Clarke Mercantile Company, hereafter termed the “Mercantile Company.’’ The bill was filed by Paris, Allen & Co., as judgment creditors of the Mercantile Company, for their…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. • This was a creditors’ bill, which was exhibited by George A. Allen and others, the appellees, composing the firm of Paris, Allen & Go., against the National Bank of Commerce in Denver, the appellant, and against the A. K. Clarke Mercantile Company, hereafter termed the “Mercantile Company.’’ The bill was filed by Paris, Allen & Co., as judgment creditors of the Mercantile Company, for their own benefit, and for the benefit of such other judgment creditors of the Mercantile Company as might thereafter join in…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
It is claimed in behalf of the appellees, who were the complainants below, that the Clarke Mercantile Company indorsed the individual notes of A. K. Clarke, which were at the time held and owned by the appellant, the National Bank of Commerce in Denver, without receiving any consideration therefor, and that tlie indorsements in question were for ihat reason ultra vires and void. On the assumption that the indorsements were without consideration, it seems to be further contended that, when the Mercantile Company discharged its liability to the bank on account of sucli indorsements by paying…
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