Lake Charles Feed Co. v. Sabatier

The pertinent facts in this case are not disputed and the main controversy, depends for solution on a question of law.

The defendant sent his cheek for $825 to the plaintiff to pay a claim for merchandise. The check was dated January 15, 1926, and was drawn in favor of plaintiff on the Iota Branch of Crowley Trust & Savings Bank. It was deposited by plaintiff in the Calcasieu National Bank of Southwestern Louisiana on January 18, 1926. On the same day, the Calcasieu Bank forwarded the check to its correspondent in New Orleans, the Canal Commercial & Savings Bank, for collection. On January 20,…