Legal Opinion

Capital Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Inhabitants of Town of Framingham

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 5, 1917No. 1301Published

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Jas. M. Morton, Jr., Judge. Action by the Capital Savings Bank & Trust Company against the Inhabitants of the Town of Framingham. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error from a judgment of the United States District Court for Massachusetts in favor of the town of Framingham, a Massachusetts municipal corporation, in an action at law brought by the Capital Savings Bank & Trust Company, a Vermont corporation, seeking to charge the town as maker and in-dorser upon two promissory notes, one for $20,000, dated May 20, 1909, and payable to the order of its treasurer in one year from date, and the other for $25,000, dated June 10, 1909, also payable to the order of its treasurer in one year from date. Both notes bear…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  2. Gunnison County Commissioners v. RollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Evansville v. DennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Anthony v. County of JasperSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. Presidio County v. Noel-Young Bond & Stock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909

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