Legal Opinion
Strang v. Westchester County National Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 27, 1923PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
Plaintiff had a deposit account with the defendant bank. She informed the cashier that she wished to make a draft for $1,100, payable to one Homer E. Remsen, to whom she was to loan the money on bond and mortgage. The cashier told her to make the draft to her own order, and to indorse it to the order of Remsen. She brought the draft thus indorsed to one Bushnell, a lawyer. Bushnell gave her in return a bond, signed, as it seemed, by Homer E. Remsen and Alice, his wife; exhibited a mortgage signed in the same way; and made out a certificate that the mortgagors were the owners of the mortgaged…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shipman v. Bank of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Seaboard National Bank v. Bank of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Phelps v. . McQuadeNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Hartford v. Greenwich BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Mercantile National Bank v. SilvermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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- Inter. Air. Trad. v. Manufacturers Tr.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
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