GATHERCREST, LTD. v. FIRST AMERICAN BANK & TRUST

No. 85-3739.

805 F.2d 995 (1986)

GATHERCREST, LTD. STATE BANK OF INDIA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FIRST AMERICAN BANK & TRUST, as successor in interest to Merritt Square Bank, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Kirschenbaum, Wolfe, Kirschenbaum & Mosley, Cocoa Beach, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas E. Fotopulos, Kavouklis & Fotopulos, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, FAY, Circuit Judge and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Gathercrest, Ltd. and its banker, the State Bank of India (SBI) are financial institutions based in England. SBI, working on behalf of Gathercrest presented to Merritt State Bank, a Florida banking corporation, two bills of exchange payable in British Pounds Sterling (pounds) together with documents of title evidencing ownership of goods which had been manufactured by Pan Acqua, one of Gathercrest's customers, which had borrowed money...

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