Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Lincoln Savings Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 5, 1937PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
A check for $4,500, drawn upon Irving Trust Company by Lincoln Savings Bank to the order of the plaintiff, a depositor of the savings bank, was indorsed in blank by the plaintiff and handed by her to her husband, Samuel Goldberg, with authority to use the check in payment for the assignment to her of a half interest in an award of $10,000 made in proceedings for the condemnation of a parcel of real property. An attorney, William L. Abrams, had previously offered to sell the award to Goldberg at a discount. After some negotiations they agreed that the sale should be made at a discount of ten…
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- Hartford v. Greenwich BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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