American Exch. Nat. Bank of New York v. First Nat. Bank of Spokane Falls
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the District of Washington. The WTit of error in this case was sued out by the First National Bank of Spokane Falls and F. Lewis Clark, receiver of said bank, defendants in the court below, for certain errors claimed to have "been committed by the trial court in admitting and rejecting evidence, in giving and refusing to give instructions to the jury, and in denying a motion for a verdict in favor…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the District of Washington. The WTit of error in this case was sued out by the First National Bank of Spokane Falls and F. Lewis Clark, receiver of said bank, defendants in the court below, for certain errors claimed to have "been committed by the trial court in admitting and rejecting evidence, in giving and refusing to give instructions to the jury, and in denying a motion for a verdict in favor of the defendants (plaintiffs in error), in the sum of $16,021.70, with interest, etc. The action was brought hy the…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge,
after staling the case as above, delivered file opinion of the court, as follows:
The assignment of errors contains some 59 specifications, but the principal one to be considered by this court, the determination of which will go far in disposing of many of the remaining ones, is the 1st, to wit:
“That the court erred in giving any instructions whatever to the jury, except an instruction to find a verdict for defendants for the sum of .¶; 16,021.70, for the reasons that there was no evidence' whatever in said cause tending io show any right of the plaintiff to a verdict in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bank of United States v. DandridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Pleasants v. FantSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Commissioners of Marion County v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- The BANK OF COLUMBIA v. PATTERSON’S Adm’rSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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- In re Lisk Mfg. Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1908
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