Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. City of Taunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1939PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The report upon which this action comes to us is in substance a case stated. The essential facts are these. Two coupon bonds previously issued by the city had been *177received by its treasurer for the purpose of registering them, but before actual registration they were stolen from the treasurer’s office by safe blowers. At that time both the bonds and the attached coupons were payable to bearer. About three months later a customer of Benjamin, Hill and Company, stockbrokers in New York City, delivered to them the bonds with the coupons for sale for her account. Benjamin, Hill and Company…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Graham v. White-Phillips Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Brown v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Gruntal v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Agawam National Bank v. Inhabitants of South HadleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Citizens' Savings Bank v. Town of GreenburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York v. Third National Bank of Hampden CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. WillistonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Browne v. Brockton National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Elbar Realty, Inc. v. City Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- National Surety Corp. v. ListMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941