Manatee County State Bank v. Bruen-Fisher Fruit Co.

The defendant in error purchased of one McRee, of Florida, a carload of oranges upon the guarantee by the Capitol Hill State Bank that a draft, drawn by McRee on said Fruit Company in payment of the oranges, would be paid. The draft was drawn, and deposited in the Manatee State Bank, and by it forwarded to Denver, where it was accepted by the fruit company and paid. Immediately following said payment the proceeds of the draft were attached, as belonging to McRee, in a suit brought against him by the fruit company upon the claim that the fruit, on arrival, was in bad condition, because of…