Legal Opinion
Bessie A. Spires v. North American Acceptance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1967No. 24710PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
Mrs. Spires brought suit to recover $8,557.21 alleged to be due under certain dealer reserve certificates and $50,000’ in punitive damages based on the claimed conversion of the sums due under the certificates. Mrs. Spires was engaged in the business of selling house trailers. During the course of her business she discounted conditional sales contracts and similar commercial paper secured by the trailers to Southeastern Fund, a South Carolina corporation. Southeastern Fund withheld a portion of the discount price as a reserve against any losses which it might sustain on…
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- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ray v. Pilgrim Health & Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1945
- Griffith v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
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