Chambers v. Union National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia, No. 126: Of July Term 1873. This was an action of assumpsit, brought December 21st 1868, by the Union National Bank against John H. Chambers and others, trading as Chambers & Cattell.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia, No. 126: Of July Term 1873. This was an action of assumpsit, brought December 21st 1868, by the Union National Bank against John H. Chambers and others, trading as Chambers & Cattell. The suit was brought by the bank, plaintiff, to recover the amount of a draft upon it, in favor of C. N. Jordan, cashier, and endorsed with his name, which had been passed to the credit of the defendants and the amount drawn out by them; the endorsement being a forgery. The draft was as follows:— “ The First National Bank of Warsaw, Inch, October 8th 1868. Pay to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment was entered in the Supreme Court, April 2d, 1875,
2Per curiam
We discover no error in this case. The draft of the First National Bank of Warsaw, Indiana, on the Union National Bank of Philadelphia, never having reached the hands of C. J. Jordarf, ,the payee, it is evident the time lost before the discovery of the forgery of his signature was owing to no fault of the Union National Bank. Notice was given by it to Chambers & Cattell as sooii as a knowledge of the fact came to the officers of the bank. In regard to the endorsement of Jordan, it is to be noticed it was a signature in the line of the…
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