Legal Opinion
Meeker v. Halsey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 11, 1937No. 115PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in an action against them, as executors of the endorser of a promissory note, brought by the receiver of a national bank. The defendants admitted the execution of the note, but pleaded their privilege to set off a bank deposit of the maker, the Mamaroneck Individual Laundry Inc. The facts are not in dispute. The laundry had had a deposit account in a predecessor of the plaintiff’s bank, “The First National Bank and Trust Company of Mamaroneck” — the “Old Bank” — to which it had given a demand note, dated October 31,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wheeler v. . NewbouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Gillespie v. . TorranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Herrick v. . WoolvertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Ettlinger v. . National Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- In Re Eastern Freight Ways, Inc. v. Seaboard Surety Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Saxis Steamship Co., Owners of the Ss Warm Springs v. Multifacs International Traders, Inc. v. American Renaissance Lines, Inc., Petitioner-Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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