FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. v. CITIZENS NAT. BANK OF WACO

No. 8774.

101 F.2d 974 (1939)

FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND v. CITIZENS NAT. BANK OF WACO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Hall, of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

H. M. Richey, of Waco, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges, and DEAVER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

We recognize that when the Tax Collector took checks instead of money for taxes that the taxes were not thereby paid until the checks were honored. When he took such checks to this bank which was also the County Depository he had a right to put those drawn on another bank in a special account for collection. We hold that when collection was made by the bank as the tax collector's agent the tax covered by such a check stood paid, and the proceeds were known...

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