Chicago Marine & Fire Insurance v. Stanford ex rel. Ward
Illinois Supreme Court
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace, by Stanford against the plaintiff in error. On the trial before the justice the plaintiff obtained judgment, and the defendant appealed to the. Superior Court of Chicago, where the case was. tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and Stanford again had judgment against the plaintiff in error.
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This action was commenced before a justice of the peace, by Stanford against the plaintiff in error. On the trial before the justice the plaintiff obtained judgment, and the defendant appealed to the. Superior Court of Chicago, where the case was. tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and Stanford again had judgment against the plaintiff in error. On the trial, the plaintiff (Stanford) offered in evidence the following check: “ Chicago, June 20, 1861. “ Chicago Marine and Fire Insurance Company, pay to J. D. Ward or bearer, ninety-five dollars. ($95.) G. W. STANFORD.” And…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, C. J.
The decision of the case of Mwnn v. Birch, 25 111. 35, .was not made till after the most mature investigation and consideration. We have re-examined what we there said, and are but confirmed in the correctness of the principles there laid down. The banker who keeps a deposit account with his customer, agrees that the depositor may draw out his deposit in sums as he may find convenient, and that he will pay his checks when presented, and to whoever may present them, whether it be the depositor or another, who may be the rightful holder of them. The agreement is not as now insisted…
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