Nashville Interurban Ry. v. Barnum
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Writ of error to review a judgment entered in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Tennessee. The defendant is a resident of the city and state of New York and president of Lawrence Barnum & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Writ of error to review a judgment entered in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Tennessee. The defendant is a resident of the city and state of New York and president of Lawrence Barnum & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York. The case was tried by the District Judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to a written stipulation signed by the plaintiff and the defendant. An attempt…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The plaintiff in this case claims to have deposited in escrow with the defendant a sight draft for $37,500., It admits that defendant was authorized to collect the proceeds of the draft at once, but asserts that • he was to hold the amount when collected on the same terms and *637conditions, and subject to the same escrow agreement, as certain other papers and contracts deposited by it with defendant. The defendant, however, turned the money over to Lawrence Barnum & Co., .and that corporation is still in possession thereof. The terms and conditions of the…
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