Weant v. Southern Trust & Deposit Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Niles, J.).. Plaintiff’s 3rd Prayer.—That there is no evidence in this case legally sufficient to show that the Southern Trust and Deposit Company had actual knowledge of any infirmity or defect in the check sued upon, or any knowledge of such facts that its action in taking said check amounted to bad faith. {Granted.) Plaintiff’s• 5th Prayer.-—If the jury shall find from the-evidence in this case that the defendant drew the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Niles, J.).. Plaintiff’s 3rd Prayer.—That there is no evidence in this case legally sufficient to show that the Southern Trust and Deposit Company had actual knowledge of any infirmity or defect in the check sued upon, or any knowledge of such facts that its action in taking said check amounted to bad faith. {Granted.) Plaintiff’s• 5th Prayer.-—If the jury shall find from the-evidence in this case that the defendant drew the cheek on the Eirst National Bank for eight hundred and twenty-five dollars ($825), to the order of S. W. Peck, offered…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
On January 13th, 1906, the appellant, J. Prank Weant, gave to Stephen W. Peck his check for $825.00 on the First Nat. Bank of Baltimore and the latter on the same day deposited this check to his own credit with the appellee, the Southern Trust and Deposit Company where he kept his account. On the same day, the appellant, by a written order to the First Nat. Bank, stopped payment of this check, which was presented for payment at said bank in the regular course of business, and was returned, unpaid, to the appellee by the runner of the Nat. Bank of Commerce through which the appellee cleared,…
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- McShane v. Howard BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
- Flynn v. American Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1908
- Hussey v. RyanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Parsons v. Utica Cement Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
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