Thomas v. First National Bank

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This action in assumpsit was tried on stipulated facts. The defendant, a National Bank in the City of Scranton, had accepted the plaintiff as a depositor prior to October 12, 1950 and he then had funds with the bank, in a checking account. On the above date he delivered his check, drawn on the bank, to Sabor Dental Supply House as payee, in the sum of $1,225. On the following day plaintiff went to the bank for the purpose of stopping payment on the check and there signed a “Bequest to Stop Payment” on a printed form submitted to him by one of defendant’s clerks. The request…