Case Name: AMERICAN LEGION et al. v. SPURWAY et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1934-02-20
Citations: 69 F.2d 222
Docket Number: No. 7213
Parties: AMERICAN LEGION et al. v. SPURWAY et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 69
Pages: 222–222

Head Matter:
AMERICAN LEGION et al. v. SPURWAY et al.
No. 7213.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 20, 1934.
S. P. Robineau and Garland M. Budd, Jr., both of Miami, Fla., for appellants.
. Charles R. Pierce, of Miami, Fla., for appellees.
Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCH-ESON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Upon the failure of the City National Bank in Miami, its receiver brought this suit to recover Liberty bonds which that bank had pledged to secure deposits with it of the American Legion. From a decree for the receiver, the Legion appeals, urging that the deposits should be treated as a loan and the pledge held valid.
Deposits are not loans. Pledges to secure them are invalid. The decree was right. Texas & Pacific R. Co. v. Pottorff (C. C. A.) 63 F.(2d) 1, 2, affirmed 54 S. Ct. 416, 78 L. Ed.-; Illinois Central R. Co. v. Rawlings (C. C. A.) 66 F.(2d) 146.
The decree is affirmed.