Westwater v. Murray
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court oi the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Action by Charles C. Murray, receiver of the Cosmopolitan National Bank of Pittsburg, against James Westwater. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover upon a judgment rendered by the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania in a suit commenced January 2, 1909, wherein Robert Lyons, as receiver of the Cosmopolitan National Bank of Pittsburg, Pa., was plaintiff, and James Westwater defendant. That suit was brought upon a promissory note executed in Pittsburg, June 15, 1908, payable to the order of H. R. Bean, for $37,500, at the Cosmopolitan National Bank, signed by James West-*429water and indorsed in blank by Bean. Among the defenses set up by Westwater…
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