Legal Opinion
Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 1943No. 8247, 8248, 8249PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
This is an appeal from three judgments entered by the District Court on verdicts of a jury rendered by direction of the Court in a consolidated action against three Washington banks.
On January 5, 1939, the United States brought three actions at law to recover from appellants $84,880.83 paid to them by the United States upon their presentation of 1072 United States Treasury checks bearing forged endorsements. The complaint in each case was in two counts, one alleging payment under a mistake of fact, the other payment upon guarantees by the Banks of the genuineness of prior endorsements…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Shipman v. Bank of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Critten v. Chemical National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Los Angeles Investment Co. v. Home Savings Bank of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Jordan Marsh Co. v. National Shawmut BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- United States v. National Exchange Bank of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by18 opinions
- National Metropolitan Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Land Title Bank & Trust Co. v. Cheltenham National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Federal Savings & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Kearney Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Coffin v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Glenn L. Martin Co. Ex Rel. American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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