Legal Opinion
Federal Reserve Bank Ex Rel. American Surety Co. v. Atlanta Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1937No. 8398PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This suit was originally begun by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, as use plaintiff, by petition filed in the state court of Georgia, on February 14, 1936. As brought, it was for moneys paid by plaintiff bank to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, on account of checks drawn from 1925 to 1929, inclusive, bearing forged indorsements, the genuineness of which defendant bank, by its own indorsement, had guaranteed. The claim was that plaintiff bank had taken the checks for collection under Federal Reserve Regulation J 1 , and had later, to wit, in 1935 been obliged…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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