CALLAWAY v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK OF WASHINGTON

No. 10908.

195 F.2d 556 (1952)

CALLAWAY v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK OF WASHINGTON et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Seegmiller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Philip S. Peyser, Washington, D. C., with whom Roger J. Whiteford, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Hamilton Nat. Bank of Washington. John J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for that appellee.

George E. Monk, Washington, D. C., with whom Nelson T. Hartson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co.

Charles Patrick Clark, Washington, D. C., for appellees First Nat. Bank of Dyer and Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This controversy concerns the liability of a bank for honoring checks of its customer, where the endorsements are challenged as not being those of the intended payee. The case comes before this court on appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which on motion of the depository bank dismissed the customer's complaint on the ground that it set forth no claim upon which relief could be granted....

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