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BALTIMORE BANK & T. CO. v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & G. CO.

No. 20045.

436 F.2d 743 (1971)

BALTIMORE BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

January 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Molby, James F. Duncan, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Henry G. Eager, John J. Kitchin, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Swanson, Midgley, Jones, Eager & Gangwere, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel.

Before MEHAFFY, LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment awarded plaintiff, Baltimore Bank & Trust Company, against its Bonding Company, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, under a bankers' blanket bond for a loss sustained by reason of its acceptance of a promissory note on a loan, it being later determined that the note was forged. We affirm.

This is a diversity case and the substantive law of Missouri is controlling.

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