Koronec v. Highland Park State Bank

June 18, 1917, plaintiff went to defendant bank and paid $990, to have a credit of 4,000 rubles established for him in the Moscow Government Savings Bank at Moscow, Russia, with a passbook returned and delivered to him. Not receiving the passbook from defendant, he brought this suit to recover the money paid, and, upon trial by jury, had verdict, but, notwithstanding, the court entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff reviews by writ of error, and defendant alleges cross-errors upon the trial.

If the judgment is right, in point of fact most favorable to plaintiff and applicable law, it must…