First Nat. Bank of Mathis v. Dickson

MURRAY, Justice.

The First National Bank of Mathis, appellant, sued the First National Bank of George West, appellee, for the sum of $875. J. H. Dickson, Mrs. L. P. Reed, and L. P. Reed, originally defendants below, were dropped from this cause by amended pleadings.

Mrs. L. P. Reed presented to J. R. Nelson, cashier of the Mathis bank, a cheek for $875, signed by J. H. Dickson, payable to the order of Mrs. L. P. Reed and drawn on the George West bank, asking the Mathis bank to cash the check.

Nelson called the George West bank over the telephone and talked to one McCreary, a teller. Nelson…