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EMPIRE TRUST CO. v. CAHAN

No. 318.

274 U.S. 473 (1927)

EMPIRE TRUST COMPANY v. CAHAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Van Vechten Veeder, with whom Messrs. William Lee Woodward and William J. Dean were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, Jr., with whom Messrs. Augustus L. Richards, Bertram F. Willcox, and Harold L. Smith were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by the respondent to charge the petitioner with liability for the proceeds of checks drawn upon the agents of the Bank of Montreal or the Guaranty Trust Company, in New York, and deposited with the petitioner by the respondent's son. The respondent, a Canadian lawyer, had accounts with the two banks named...

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