THACK v. FIRST NAT. BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 14381.

206 F.2d 180 (1953)

THACK et al. v. FIRST NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Wood, Little Rock, Ark., Wood & Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

C. Delbert Hosemann, Vicksburg, Miss., Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg, Miss., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by appellants, trading as McGehee Livestock Auction, against the appellee bank and J. W. Cockrell, to recover damages for alleged negligence and self preferment on the part of the bank in the handling of two drafts drawn on Cockrell by appellants, and forwarded for collection through appellee bank at Vicksburg, Mississippi, near which city Cockrell also had his home.

Appellants assert that the bank did not use due...

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