National City Bank v. Harbin Electric Joint-Stock Co.

(after stating the facts as above).

The main contention of the plaintiff in error is that, without the engineering corporation and Beardsley as parties, the action cannot be maintained, and that failure to make them parties cannot be excused by reason of the fact that they do not reside or do business within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States Court in China.

The general rule is that, where several persons make a déposit to their joint credit in a bank, the bank must have the signatures of all of them appended to a cheek against the fund, or take the risk of paying. Columbia…