Williams v. City of Southport

Decision Date21 May 1924
Docket Number2202.
Citation298 F. 1023
PartiesC. L. WILLIAMS, Receiver of the Commercial National Bank of Wilmington, N.C., Appellant, v. CITY OF SOUTHPORT, Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Henry G. Connor, Judge.

H. Edmund Rodgers, of Wilmington, N.C. (Irvin B. Tucker, of Whiteville, N.C., on the brief), for appellant.

George Rountree, of Wilmington, N.C., Robert W. Davis, of Southport, N.C., and E. K. Bryan, of Wilmington, N.C., (Rountree & Carr, of Wilmington, N.C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOODS, WADDILL, and ROSE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This court is entirely satisfied with the reasoning and conclusions of the District Court (290 F. 488), and its decree is affirmed.

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    • United States
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Middle District of Louisiana
    • July 31, 1998
    ...(4th Cir.1928); Gillespie v. Piles, 178 F. 886 (8th Cir.1910); City of Southport v. Williams, 290 F. 488 (E.D.N.C. 1923), aff'd. by 298 F. 1023 (4th Cir.1924). This line of cases has been sanctioned by the Restatement's comment, quoted above. We repeat, this line of cases has been sanctione......

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