Greensburg National Bank v. C. Syer & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Syer & Co., of Norfolk, purchased of J. M. Hornung, of Greensburg, Indiana, a car-load of flour. When the flour was shipped, Hornung attached the bill of lading to a draft on Syer & Co. for $1,062, and deposited the draft in the Greensburg National Bank, of Greensburg, Indiana. Upon arrival of the flour at Norf oik, Syer & Co. claimed that it was of inferior quality, and refused to pay the draft which had been presented to them by the Citizens Bank of Norfolk, through which the draft had come from the Greensburg National Bank. Syer & Co. notified…
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