Thorpe v. National City Bank of Tampa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. Action at law by the National City Bank of Tampa against E. M. Thorpe and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
The National City Bank of Tampa brought suit, by attachment, in the circuit court of Hillsborough county, Fla., against E. M. Thorpe and J. R. Paschall, the defendants, each of whom was a nonresident citizen of another state, to recover on a promissory note the sum of $7,000 principal, 10 per cent, interest from maturity, and a reasonable attorney’s fee, as stipulated in said note. The defendants removed said case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and entered an appearance therein.
On December 6, 1920, a 'default judgment for failure…
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