Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Bunge v. First Nat. Bank of Mount Holly Springs, Pa.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 27, 1941No. 7595Published

1ConcurrenceJones, Circuit Judge

I fully concur in the judgment of the court but do so upon the ground that the Pennsylvania Bank Collection Act,1 by its own requirements, is unavailing to relieve the defendant bank of its common-law liability 'under the undisputed facts of the case. Had the defendant bank, as the collecting agent, endorsed and transmitted to the drawer of the draft the check which the drawee originally gave the defendant in payment, a question as to th,e applicability of the act might have been raised. The intent and scope of the act would then have become important. But, such is not this case. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stewart v. Pen Argyl National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

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