Lister v. First National Bank of Van Buren

Hart, O. J.,

(after stating the facts). There was no error committed by the trial court in finding for the plaintiff. The burden in the case was upon Lister to show the negligence of the plaintiff, as the collecting bank and the damages resulting to him therefrom. Bank of Keo v. Bank of Cabot, 173 Ark. 1008, 294 S. W. 49.

The undisputed evidence shows that the check was handled by the plaintiff as a collecting bank through its correspondents in the usual and customary way that checks handled for collection were handled by it and other banks. The plaintiff as the collecting bank, without any…