First National Bank v. Crawford

Walker, j.

This suit is brought upon a draft drawn by Crawford upon Burckhardt & Co., accepted by them, and discounted by the plaintiff. The case was reserved by the court in Special Term for hearing and determination upon the evidence as agreed upon by the parties, and certified by the court.

After a careful examination of the evidence, we find the facts to be as follows:

Crawford was in the oil business at Parkersburg, and kept his bank account with the plaintiff He was in the habit of shipping oil to Burckhardt '& Co., the defendants in this case, and the bank-had frequently discounted his…