Staples v. Port Graham Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia directing' receivers to pay to the plaintiff the proceeds of a treasury warrant.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia directing' receivers to pay to the plaintiff the proceeds of a treasury warrant. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows t This appeal by Orren G. Staples is from a decree in the supreme court of the District, and involves the question whether the appellee, the Port Graham Coal Company, is entitled to the proceeds of a government warrant for $5,000 drawn to its order and indorsed and cashed by its general manager, W. G. Whorf, acting under a power of attorney from the vice…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
The appellee, both in the brief and in oral argument, suggests “a conspiracy on the part of Whorf, Staples, and the Commercial National Bank to deprive the Port Graham Coal Company of its property.” In other words, appellee now attempts to challenge the good faith of appellant and the bank. At the trial, counsel for appellee objecting to a question asked a witness for appellant, appellant’s counsel stated: “If your Honor please, I wits merely offering that to show the good faith of Mr. Staples, * * * ” To this the court answered : “There is not any issue as to Mr. Staples’s good faith raised…
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