Smith Roofing & Contracting Co. v. Mitchell

Mitchell gave to the O. A. Smith Roofing and Contracting Company a check on the Barnesville Savings Bank, for the amount of a debt due by him to it. This check was dated November 21, 1901, and was on that day deposited by the company with the Third National Bank of Atlanta. The Atlanta bank immediately forwarded the check to the bank in Barnesville, where, on November 22, it was received and marked paid, and the amount of the check charged to the account of the drawer, who had sufficient funds on deposit in the bank to meet the check. Subsequently the canceled check was turned over to…