Nadel v. Peoples Bank
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 189, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of Municipal Court, Philadelphia Co., Jan. T., 1916, No. 344, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Nathan Nadel v. Peoples Bank. Trespass for dishonoring a check. Before Knowles, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court entered judgment for • plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The action was triéd before a judge of the Municipal Court without a jury. The plaintiff was a small depositor in the defendant bank. He left his pass book with the bank for the purpose of having his account balanced and his paid checks returned to him. He was an illiterate man, and an examination of his testimony would lead to the conclusion he was stupid as well as ignorant, or at least appeared to be so. The bank returned him a list of his paid checks and the checks themselves. He testifies he examined these checks, found them all to be genuine and proper and that their…
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