PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORPORATION v. CENTRAL BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 18843.

296 F.2d 68 (1961)

PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. CENTRAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Warren, Jr., Hilton R. Carr, Jr., and Carr & Warren, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Frank M. Marks, of Pallot, Marks, Lundeen, Poppell and Horwich, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, District Judge.


BELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant arranged to purchase an airplane from one Constain and negotiated an irrevocable letter of credit with the bank, appellee here, in the amount of $50,000.00 in favor of Constain to be paid on draft accompanied by a "certificate of title issued in blank" to one C-46 "Curtiss Commando" airplane. The bank paid the draft, accepting instead a "bill of sale issued in blank" with the approval of the assignee of the "document of title" to be...

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