Home Savings of America v. Amoros
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Murphy, P. J.
Plaintiff Home Savings Bank of America, FSB (hereinafter *37Home Savings), retained defendant law firm, Amoros, Favata and Wallace (hereinafter AF&W), to represent its interests as a lender in connection with home mortgage closings. The record indicates that it was the practice of Home Savings to deposit bank checks covering the amounts to be paid out at mortgage closings into a mortgage trust account opened and maintained over a period of years at defendant National Westminster Bank (hereinafter NatWest) by AF&W; AF&W, by its partners, would draw checks upon the…
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- Clarke v. Public National Bank & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Newton v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
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