Legal Opinion
First National Bank v. American Surety Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1944No. 30354PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The bank contends that the surety companies can not recover by way of subrogation to the rights of the telephone company, even though they took an assignment from it of “all right, title and interest in and to the one hundred (100) canceled checks . . together with and including all choses in action, rights, claims, or right of recovery, which the undersigned [the telephone company] now has or may hereafter acquire, against the First National Bank of Atlanta, the indorsers on said checks, any persons who may have forged any indorsement thereon, and any and…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Shipman v. Bank of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- McClelland v. Climax Hosiery MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Wilkins, Neely & Jones v. GibsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Los Angeles Investment Co. v. Home Savings Bank of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Allen v. Puritan Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Westchester Fire Insurance v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Wrightsman v. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Lindell Trust Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1961
- The Citizens and Southern National Bank v. American Surety Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. Riggs National Bank of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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