Legal Opinion
Choice Escrow & Land Title, LLC v. BancorpSouth Bank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 2014No. 13-1879, 13-1931PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Internet fraudsters stole $440,000 from a bank account that Choice Escrow and Land Title, LLC (Choice), maintained at BancorpSouth Bank (BancorpSouth). Choice sued BancorpSouth for the lost funds, and BancorpSouth counterclaimed for attorney’s fees. The questions presented in this case are thus (1) who should bear the loss of the funds from Choice’s account, and (2) who should pay Bancorp-South’s attorney’s fees. The district court, interpreting Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.), held that Choice should bear the loss of the funds from its account and…
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