Webb v. O'Geary

On December 1, 1923, Dennis O’Geary sold and conveyed to D. J. Cole a tract of land in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, for $9,000. In settlement for the land Cole paid O’Geary $100 in cash and left with T. G. Poole, cashier of the Bank of Virgilina, for O’Geary, his check on that bank, payable to O’Geary’s order, for $8,900. Cole had no money to his credit in the bank, but he delivered to cashier Poole J. R. Thames’ cheek on the Bank of Clarksville, payable .to Cole’s order and endorsed by him, for $8,900, with instructions to collect and place to his credit to meet the check which he had given…