Legal Opinion
Pottorff v. El Paso-Hudspeth Counties Road Dist.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1933No. 6682PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment establishing and foreclosing a lien upon securities, $200,000- of government bonds, which had been pledged by the bank to secure the deposit of public funds with it, to wit, the funds of the El Paso-Hudspeth counties road district of Texas.
It' was contended below by appellant, and it is urged here, that the agreement under which the securities were pledged is invalid as beyond the power of the bank and in contravention of publie policy. The District Judge found the arrangement legal and enforceable. The facts are undisputed. In…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- County of Divide v. BairdNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
- Commercial Banking & Trust Co. v. Citizens Trust & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Consolidated School District No. 3Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Austin v. Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe RailroadTexas Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Robinson v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Sneeden v. City of Marion, Ill.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1933
- Berger v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. PottorffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- Lloyds America v. El Paso-Hudspeth Counties Road Dist. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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