Legal Opinion
Alropa Corporation v. Rossee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1936No. 8124, 8188PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The suit filed September 11, 1935, in a court of the United States in Georgia is upon five written promises to pay money made in Florida September 3, 1925, and payable in Florida, the last one three years after date. They were signed “P. C. Rossee (Seal),” but contained no reference to a seal otherwise. By demurrer it was set up that the suit was barred by the 6-year limitation of the Georgia statutes. An amendment was made asserting that, under the statutes of Florida where the instruments were executed and to be performed, the notes were effectively sealed. The court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bank of the United States v. DonnallySupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Townsend v. JemisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Burns Mortgage Co. v. FriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Le Roy v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Langley v. OwensSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
- President of Georgetown College v. MaddenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1980
- Holderness v. Hamilton Fire Ins. Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1944
- General Petroleum Corp. v. Seaboard Terminals Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1937
- In re Central of Georgia Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1942
- Kaufmann v. BaldridgeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
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