Legal Opinion
Ward v. First Nat. Bank of Caruthersville
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1935No. 10047PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the appellant (hereafter called plaintiff), who was a surety on a bond given by the appellee bank to Pemiscot county, Mo., to secure county deposits in said bank. The suit is against the bank and its receiver to have allowed as a general claim the sum of $26,230.06 alleged to have been paid to the county by the plaintiff as surety on the bond. It involves the winding up of the affairs of a national bank.
The facts, briefly, are that the appellee bank received certain deposits from the county. To secure said deposits, bonds were given by the bank to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Jenkins v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Howell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Mellette Farmers' Elevator Co. v. H. Poehler Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1927
- Southern Surety Co. v. BraleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
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