Meuer v. Phenix National Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Phenix National Bank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of January, 1904, upon, the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. /
1Opinion of the CourtIngraham, J.
This action is brought to recover the amount of a check drawn by one Arthur Johns upon and certified by the defendant. Mr. Johns, who was an attorney at law, had collected for one Edla *332Muir a sum of money, and on December 12, 1901, drew his check upon the defendant, with whom he had an account, to the order of Edla Muir for $1,303.65, and sent that check to the payee, who was at that time sick in a hotel in New York city. The plaintiff, who was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Muir, and who had been in the habit of making advances to her in the absence of her husband, Dr. Muir, who was in Europe,…
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