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National Bank v. Bonsor

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 26, 1909No. Appeal, No. 61PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1908, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Phila. Co., March T., 1905, No. 126, on verdict for defendant in case of National Bank of Phcenixville v. C. F. Bonsor & Company, Incorporated. Assumpsit upon a check.

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Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1908, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Phila. Co., March T., 1905, No. 126, on verdict for defendant in case of National Bank of Phcenixville v. C. F. Bonsor & Company, Incorporated. Assumpsit upon a check. Before Carr, J. At the trial when Charles F. Bonsor was on the stand the following offer was made: Mr. Porter: I offer to prove by this witness that this check was drawn to the order of the Schuylkill Valley Match Company; that it was afterwards stopped payment because the Schuylkill Valley Match Company were not entitled to the money and Bonsor & Company did…

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Porter, J.,

The defendant corporation gave to the Schuylkill Valley Match Company its check, dated December 16, 1904, upon the Southwark National Bank of Philadelphia for the sum of $700, payable to the order of the Schuylkill Valley Match Company. The Schuylkill Valley Match Company was a depositor of the National Bank of Phcenixville and, on December 17, 1904, which was Saturday, it deposited this check, with its general indorsement, with said bank and received credit for the amount thereof in its account, and at the close of business on that day the balance due the depositor,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. President of the Bank of the Metropolis v. President of the New England BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1843
  2. Hazlett v. Commercial N. BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  3. First National Bank v. Gregg & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
  4. Rapp v. National Sec. Bank, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1890
  5. Bank of the United States v. MacalesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bank of Wesleyville v. RoseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Lipschutz v. Phila. Savings Fund SocietySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  3. Lightfoot v. BunnelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. Moore v. Third National BankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Real Estate-Land Title & Trust Co. v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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