Wittich v. First National Bank

The Ciiief-Justioe delivered the opinion of the court.

The declaration in this case in one count alleges that the bank received for collection a draft on the plaintiff, Wittich, residing at Pensacola, who gave the bank his check on the Merchants’ Bank of Pensacola, where he had ample funds. On the same day before noon defendant presented the check at the Merchants’ Bank for payment. The Merchants’ Bank told defendant that the cheek was good and would be paid at half-past one o’clock, the usual hour for exchanging checks between banks, which was according to the established custom of tlie banks…