Legal Opinion
In Re Liquidation of Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 17, 1944No. 37165PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The late Bernard McCloskey intervened in the liquidation of the Hibernia Bank & Trust Company seeking to be released from his obligation as endorser to pay a certain promissory note executed by John T. Gibbons, Jr., for the principal sum of $8,500. The liquidators of the bank answered denying that the intervenor was entitled to the relief sought and further averred that this note was lawfully pledged and delivered to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by the bank for a valuable consideration and before maturity. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation also answered denying…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Turner v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Richardson v. TurnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- C. T. Patterson Co. v. Port Barre Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- In Re Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Spears v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Singer v. TatumMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Easterling v. BrooksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948