Lamson v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank

This is an action of assumpsit on the common counts, to recover from the appellee money had and received. The appellants, Lamson Bros. & Co., during the year 1891 and prior thereto, had been doing their banking with the appellee, and on August 17, 1891, there was made up in the office of the appellants, by their cashier, Charles Smith, a deposit, consisting chiefly of drafts and checks, amounting to $84,017.55, as shown by the deposit slip introduced in evidence. This amount was deposited by Smith, whose business it was to attend to the appellants’ cash accounts, keep track of the cash items…