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Wright v. Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 1940 — 311 U.S. 611 · caselaw · US
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Wright v. Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles
311 U.S. 611·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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Opinion
No. 240.
Wright v. Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles.
October 14, 1940.
Mr. Morris Lavine for appellant. Mr. James E. Shelton for appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for-want of jurisdiction. Section 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13,1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari, as required by § 237 (c) of the Judicial Code (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is denied. The motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis is also denied.