Citizens Bank v. Miller

On August 1, 1941, Captain H. I. Humphrey, stationed at Camp Shelby, was carrying a deposit account with the appellant, Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and drew a check against such account payable to his wife “Mrs. H. I. Humphrey” for the sum of.$100, enclosed the same in a letter and placed it in the mail box provided for the depositing of outgoing mail in his particular regiment, duly addressed to her at Brooklyn, New York, where she was then visiting relatives and friends. Captain Humphrey was then about to go on extended maneuvers in Louisiana, and the pro.of upon the trial of…