GALOTTI v. UNITED STATES TRUST CO.


335 Mass. 496 (1957)

140 N.E.2d 449

ROCCO C. GALOTTI & others vs. UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Kenney, (Joseph P. Collins with him,) for Galotti and others.

John N. O'Donohue, for United States Trust Company.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

Galotti and others (hereinafter called the partners) were partners in a fruit company and made a contract (which was not offered in evidence) to purchase bananas from a Costa Rican company called Agencias Americanas (hereinafter called Agencias). Two of the partners called at the office of United States Trust Company (hereinafter called the trust company) to obtain a letter of credit required in the transaction. They there executed in triplicate an application...

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