Legal Opinion
Fagan v. Whidden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1932No. 6467PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
From a decree charging funds of a failed hank in the possession of a receiver with a trust for the amount of the savings deposit of A. J. Whidden, deceased, this appeal is prosecuted.
The bill alleged, and the master found in accordance with the evidence, that the officers of the bank had, for the fraudulent purpose of concealing the existence of the deposit, and preventing its withdrawal, falsely stated to representatives of the deceased that ho had no savings account with the bank. That but for those practices, keeping the existence of the deposit concealed from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cunningham v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Bryan, as Admrx. Coconut Grove Bank Tr. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Schumacher v. HarriettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- Mallett v. Tunnicliffe, as LiquidatorSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Davis v. McNairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Merrill v. Abbott (In Re Independent Clearing House Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1984
- City of Miami v. First Nat. Bank of St. Petersburg, Fla.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Berdie v. KurtzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Costell v. First National Bank of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. PottorffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
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