New York Produce Exchange Bank v. Houston
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, who had the usual drawing account with the defendant bank, brought suit to recover the sum of $13,702, alleged to be the balance due when the account was closed. The bank defended on the ground that it had paid out on the plaintiffs’ account three checks which represented this amount, viz., August 3, 1905, for $4,102, August 9, 1905, for $4,726.12, and August 29, 1905, for $4,873.88. The plaintiffs are an English firm, and the signature given the bank for drawing checks on their account was a rubber stamp, “p. p. R. P. Houston Company,” with the name of H.…
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