Tyson v. Western National Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of trover by the appellants agaiust the appellee for the wrongful conversion to its own use, of the proceeds of certain negotiable instruments. The verdict and judgment being for the defendant, the plaintiffs appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
Tyson and Rawls brought suit against the Western Bank of Baltimore. The facts, so far as they are material, are as follows: The plaintiffs, who were bankers in Greenville, North Carolina, for two years- before the transactions now in question, kept an account with Nicholson & Sons, bankers in the City of Baltimore. They from time to time forwarded by mail to Nicholson & Sons drafts, checks and notes of different persons, and they were endorsed in this manner: “Eor collection for account of Tyson and Rawls, Greenville, N. C." Nicholson & Sons would at once pass to the credit of Tyson and Rawls…
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