State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Security National Bank & Trust Co. v. First W. Va. Bancorp., Inc.

Decided May 5, 1981. Sam R. Harshbarger wrote the opinion for the court.

277 S.E.2d 613 · Cited 60 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of Newark · 310 U.S. 32
East New York Savings Bank v. Hahn · 326 U.S. 230
Manigault v. Springs · 199 U.S. 473
Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc. · 447 U.S. 27
Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 262 U.S. 649
McClellan v. Chipman · 164 U.S. 347
Treigle v. Acme Homestead Assn. · 297 U.S. 189
Evans v. Hutchinson · 158 W. Va. 359
Bank of Wheeling v. Morris Plan Bank & Trust Co. · 183 S.E.2d 692
Mahoney v. Walter · 205 S.E.2d 692
Braeburn Securities Corp. v. Smith · 153 N.E.2d 806
Detch v. Board of Education of County of Greenbrier · 117 S.E.2d 138
National Bank of Hyde Park v. Isaacs · 27 Ill. 2d 205
National State Bank, Elizabeth, NJ v. Long · 469 F. Supp. 1068

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