First National Bank of Chicago v. Reno County Bank

This cause was tried before the court at the November term, 1879, and resulted in a judgment for the defendant. At the request of Judge Foster, before whom it was tried, the motion for a new trial has been argued before the full bench. The facts are as follows:

1. The plaintiff, which is a bank in Chicago, in July, 1878, became the owner, by assignment to it, of two negotiable bank checks drawn on the defendant, which is a bank at Hutchinson, Kansas.

2. Plaintiff transmitted said checks to W. Iletherington & Co., of Atchison, Kansas, indorsing each of them as follows:

“Pay to the order of W.…