Legal Opinion
Gray v. Merriam
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 11, 1892Published
In error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This is a suit brought by the defendant in error, Willard D. Merriam, against Elisha Gray, the plaintiff in error, and Samuel A. Kean, the surviving partners of the firm of Preston, Kean & Co., to recover the value of fifteen United States four per cent, bonds, for §1,000 each,' claimed to have been left with said firm for safe keeping, and lost through the negligence of said firm.
The firm of Preston, Kean & Co. was engaged in the general banking business in Chicago, and Merriam, the defendant in error, had for several years prior to 1819 kept a running deposit and check.account with them,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- First National Bank v. Ocean National BankNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1874