Legal Opinion
Capital Grain & Feed Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 8, 1925No. 659PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, District Judge.
This is an action at law for damages on account of alleged negligence of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in the handling of a check sent it for collection. Demurrers to the petition and to the answer are for decision.
The petition sets up that petitioners, a partnership doing business under the name Capital Grain & Feed Company, having a deposit of more thanv $7,500 in the Merchants’ Bank of Montgomery, Ala., drew their cheek for that sum, payable to the order of Fifth National Bank of New York, had it certified by the Merchants’ Bank, and sent it to the Fifth…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Merchants' Bank v. State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe v. Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond v. MalloySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- First Nat. Bank of Washington v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Exchange Nat. Bank of Pittsburgh v. Third Nat. Bank of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Berry v. HanniganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
- Smith v. ErvinSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- First Nat. Bank of Denver v. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Howard v. State Ex Rel. McGarrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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