Legal Opinion

Bank of Dania v. Farmers & Traders Bank

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1930No. 7020PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.

1. If a corporation receives funds from a bank with direc- . tion to place them on call loan for the bank, and the corporation undertakes to place the funds on call loan, a fiduciary relation of principal and agent arises between the parties.

2'. If an officer of such corporation, whose duty it is to place the loan, having knowledge of the source from which the fund came, the purpose, to which it is to be applied, and the fiduciary relation between the parties, is also an officer of a contemplating borrowing bank with authority from such bank to borrow money for it, and actually handles a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Town of Douglasville v. MobleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
  2. Citizens Bank v. MobleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1928

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Archibald Hardware Co. v. GiffordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  2. Reed v. MobleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  3. Ellis v. Hibernia Savings, Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Mobley v. Bank of Mount DoraSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930

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