Legal Opinion

Briscol v. American Southern Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 2, 1928PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W. H. Rector, Special Judge.

Appellant sued appellee in trover, charging it with the conversion of certain collateral which had been deposited with it to ' secure a note executed by his intestate. A g*eneral demurrer to the complaint was. sustained, and, the plaintiff refusing: to plead further, the action was dismissed. This appeal therefore involves the sufficiency of the complaint as tested fay the demurrer.

Briefly stated, the allegations in the complaint were as follows: The appellee, a hank at Little Bock, held a negotiable promissory note of appellant’s intestate, M. C. Pappas, in the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Wood v. Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Ketchum v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Wilks v. VaughanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
  4. Hawkins v. Fourth National Bank of New YorkIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Talbot v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1876

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Howell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
  2. Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. SymmesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  3. National Mutual Casualty Co. v. CypretSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  4. Lee v. MitchamCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  5. Rovak v. Parkside Veterans' Homes Project, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1956

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