Legal Opinion

Laube v. Seattle National Bank

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 8, 1924No. 18400PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffiths, J., entered September 24, 1923, upon findings in favor of the defendant, in an action by a trustee to recover property of a bankrupt, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

The plaintiff, Laube, as trustee in bankruptcy of Prank Waterhouse & Company, seeks recovery from the defendant bank of ten Vulcan auto*551mobile trucks, or, in the alternative, recovery of their value, which he alleges to be $2,000 each. A trial upon the merits in the superior court for King county, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment denying recovery, from which the plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The principal controlling facts may be summarized as follows: On May 11,1921, the Waterhouse company had made arrangements with respondent bank to borrow from it the sum of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Union Trust Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Love v. Export Storage Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
  3. Hastings v. Lincoln Trust Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Manufacturers' Mercantile Co. v. Monarch Refrigerating Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Citizens Bank v. WillingWashington Supreme Court · 1920

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Qualley v. Snoqualmie Valley BankWashington Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Woldson v. Davenport Mill & Elevator Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Sampsell v. Lawrence Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
  4. In re C. A. Taylor Log & Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1925
  5. Investment Service Co. v. O'BRIEN AND WEST COAST TERMINALS, INC.Oregon Supreme Court · 1950

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