Legal Opinion

Bank v. Cummings

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1891PublishedCited by 16 opinions

FROM LINCOLN. Appeal from Chancery Court of Lincoln County. "W. S. Bearden, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtLuRTon, J.

The questions for decision arise upon tlie cross-bill of Cummings & Bledsoe against the complainant in the original bill. The firm of Cummings & Bledsoe were dealers in grain and produce at Petersburg, Tenn., and did their banking with the Second Rational Bank of .Columbia, Tenn.

Between July 26, 1887, and August 4, 1887, they shipped by rail five car-loads of wheat to Atlanta, Ga., being part of a larger quantity contracted to be sold to the “ Tollison Commission Company,” of that city. Eive separate bills of lading were taken, one for each separate car, “to the order of Cummings & Bledsoe or…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dows v. National Exchange Bank of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Farmers and Mechanics' Nat. Bank v. . LoganNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. National Bank of Commerce of Boston v. Merchants' Nat. Bank of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  4. Stollenwerck v. ThacherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Oxford Lake Line v. First National BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  3. Winchester Milling Co. v. Bank of WinchesterTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Inter-state National Bank v. RingoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
  5. Malloy v. Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1922

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