Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. v. Silver Saver Stores, Inc.

The appellee, Silver Saver Stores, Inc., a trading corporation or trader, brought suit for damages against the Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, the appellant, for dishonoring six checks aggregating about one hundred eighteen dollars and forty-five cents, on July 25, 1932. On issue made up, the case was submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict for the Silver Saver Stores, Inc., against the bank, for the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars, and judgment was rendered accordingly.

These facts are undisputed: That on July 25 and 26, 1932, there was a sufficient amount of money on deposit…