AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS, INC. v. CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 5462.

30 F.2d 936 (1929)

AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS, Inc., v. CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 6, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. T. M. McCready, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Pasco Altman, of Tampa, Fla. (Altman & Morrow, of Tampa, Fla., on the brief), for appellant.

George C. Bedell and Chester Bedell, both of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before WALKER and BRYAN, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the appellee on a bill of exchange or draft drawn by appellant at Sanford, Fla., on itself at Candor, N. C., and made payable to the order of Seminole County Bank, Sanford, Fla., and indorsed by the payee, "Pay any bank, banker, or trust company, or order." The claim asserted by the suit was resisted on the ground that the paper "was not acquired by the plaintiff by purchase, and that no consideration was given for the...

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