Legal Opinion
Continental Airlines, Inc. v. The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1994No. 93-1546PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is about the proceeds of a check for $683,505.24 which was wire transferred to the wrong company now in bankruptcy, and which party should bear the loss. Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis., under its contractual arrangements with Continental Airlines, obtained a check payable to Continental from the Military Airlift Command in payment of Continental’s transportation service to the Command. The Command placed Continental’s name and a code number on the check. Boatmen’s followed the code number rather than the name, and wire transferred the cheek…
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