General Finance Corporation of Florida v. Central Bank and Trust Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a judgment in favor of two defendant banks presents for construction several sections of the Florida Banking Laws. More precisely we are to decide whether Section 676.55, F.S.A., which has no counterpart in the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law, and Sections 676.07, 676.08 and 676.48, F.S.A., 1 place upon a drawee or payor bank the duty to return a check drawn on it not later than the day following its receipt to prevent its being held to have accepted or finally paid the item.
The trial court entered summary judgments for the defendants on the basis of…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wisner v. First National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Blackwelder v. Fergus Motor Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1927
- First National Bank v. TallyTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Miller v. Farmers State Bank of ArcoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Mt. Vernon National Bank v. Canby State BankOregon Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Central Bank and Trust Company v. General Finance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach v. Bank of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
- Central Bank of Alabama, NA v. PEOPLES NAT. BANK HUNTSVILLESupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- First National Bank v. Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1960
- Exchange National Bank in Winter Haven v. SheffieldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
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