Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Gainesville Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1941No. 9955PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
The appellants were the compensated sureties of the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Texas, and Kansas City, Missouri, and sue in this case as assignees of those banks to recover amounts which they had to pay the Fourth National Bank of Wichita, Kansas (hereafter called the Wichita Bank) because of forged indorsements upon certain checks originally cashed by the appellee banks or their predecessors.
These checks are five in number, variously dated from October 21, 1926 to September 19, 1927, drawn in favor of third persons upon the Wichita Bank by one of its depositors,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Village Mills Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Hauke v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901
- Fourth Nat. Bank in Wichita, Kan. v. Gainesville Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Sabine Hardwood Co. v. West Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
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- L. G. Simon, Doing Business as Simon Electric Company v. Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. v. Columbus Fiber Mills Co.District Court, M.D. Georgia · 1958
- Mount Vernon Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve BankNew York Supreme Court · 1943