Bloss v. Chittenden

This is a motion by the plaintiff for judgment upon a verdict directed at the circuit, subject to the opinion of the court’at general term.

The facts are peculiar and must be stated somewhat fully, in view of the double aspect in which it is sought to charge the defendant, to appreciate the conclusions at which we have arrived.

In the year 1859, Bloss, the plaintiff, was a banker doing business at Beaver Dam, in the State of Wisconsin. At the same time, Huntington, the defendant’s testator, was also a banker doing business in the same State. Each controlled and indeed claimed the actual…