Lamson v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. These are actions of assumpsit, brought by Robert R. Beard, as receiver of the First National Bank of Bella, Iowa, to recover of the respective plaintiffs in error, who are commission merchants at Chicago, the proceeds of drafts of the bank, drawn in their favor and delivered to them by E. R. Cassatt, then president of the bank, in discharge of individual…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. These are actions of assumpsit, brought by Robert R. Beard, as receiver of the First National Bank of Bella, Iowa, to recover of the respective plaintiffs in error, who are commission merchants at Chicago, the proceeds of drafts of the bank, drawn in their favor and delivered to them by E. R. Cassatt, then president of the bank, in discharge of individual liabilities incurred in transactions conducted by them for him on the board of 1rade at Chicago. The plaintiffs in error in…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge,
after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.. It is not important to inquire whether the court erred in admitting evidence of immaterial facts stated in the special findings. The one question upon a special finding or verdict is “of the sufficiency of the facts found to support the judgment.” In determining that question, of course, every relevant and material fact found must he considered, and every irrelevant or immaterial fact rejected; and when the fact has been excluded from consideration there can remain no harm from the error of admitting the-…
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- Hanover National Bank v. American Dock & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Anderson v. KissamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1888
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