Commercial & Farmers' National Bank v. First National Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts in this case are stated with great fulness and clearness in the opinion of the Court, and need not be repeated. Three prayers were presented by the plaintiff and six by the defendant. The Court (Martin, J.) granted the plaintiff’s first prayer with a qualification, and rejected its second and third, as also the prayers of the defendant.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts in this case are stated with great fulness and clearness in the opinion of the Court, and need not be repeated. Three prayers were presented by the plaintiff and six by the defendant. The Court (Martin, J.) granted the plaintiff’s first prayer with a qualification, and rejected its second and third, as also the prayers of the defendant. The Court’s instruction was to the effect, that upon the facts the plaintiff was entitled to recover, unless the jury should find that it did not use reasonable diligence to ascertain whether the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This case presents questions of considerable interest to the public, and of importance to the banking institutions of the *16State. The material and undisputed facts, which must be stated somewhat in detail, are these: On the 20th of December, 1866, about 2 o’clock, P. M., an individual, well dressed and of respectable appearance, but a stranger unknown to any of its officers, came to the counter of the receiving teller of the Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank, said he wished to open an account, and presented a check on the First National Bank of Baltimore for $4,600iu50, purporting to be…
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