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U.S. v. GUARANTY TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 120.

293 U.S. 340 (1934)

UNITED STATES v. GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Justin Miller, with whom Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Sweeney, and Messrs. Paul A. Sweeney and W. Marvin Smith were on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. Theodore Kiendl, with whom Mr. John W. Davis was on the brief, for the respondent.

By leave of Court, Messrs. Edwin DeT. Bechtel and Malcolm S. McNeal Watts filed a brief as amici curiae, on behalf of the American Express Co.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

On September 5, 1929, the United States brought in the federal court for southern New York, this action to recover from the Guaranty Trust Company $160 with interest. That sum was claimed as damages resulting from the payment to the Trust Company, through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York acting as fiscal agent of the United States, of a check, payable to Louis Macakanja drawn on the Treasury of the United...

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