Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Clinton State Bank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1979No. 78-1083PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the Clinton State Bank from a judgment for losses suffered by Mary Perkins and the estate of her deceased husband, T. 0. Perkins. The trial court, the Honorable G. Thomas Eisele presiding, found that the defendant G. C. Daugherty fraudulently induced Thomas McKnight, an officer of the Bank, to release escrow documents which the Bank, as escrow agent, held as security for the protection of the Perkins in a complicated land *330transaction with Daugherty. The court found the Bank and Daugherty liable for damages suffered by the Perkins. The court further…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- American Surety Company v. PaulySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Phelps v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. SpencerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
- Great American Indem. Co. Of New York v. SaltzmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. A. W. LottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by34 opinions
- First Security Savings v. Kansas Bankers Surety Co. v. James L. Gillette, Third Party First Security Bank & Trust v. Kansas Bankers Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- First Dakota National Bank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- First Dakota National Bank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Commercial Union Insurance Companies v. Sky, Inc.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1992
- Central National Life Insurance Company v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, in No. 78-1768, in No. 78-1769 v. Louis K. Risken and C. Ritchey Smiley, Third Party in No. 78-1768, in No. 78-1769Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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