Abt v. American Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This was a petition in the county court of Cook county, filed by appellants, for an order to compel the American Trust and Savings Bank, assignee for the benefit of creditors of the insolvent banking firm of Herman Schaffner & Co., to pay to petitioners the amount of eight certain drafts which they had bought of Schaffner & Co., and which the latter had drawn on the American Exchange National Bank of New York in favor of petitioners. The petitioners forwarded the drafts to various persons in due course of business, but before they were presented to the drawee for payment, Schaffner & Co.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Attorney-General v. Continental Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- National Bank of America v. Indiana Banking Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Brown v. LeckieIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Mason v. DousayIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
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- Callaway v. Hamilton Nat. Bank of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Reighley v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1945
- Swedish-American National Bank v. First National BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- S. M. Kirbens, Assignee v. Harvey WodisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. FrommholdAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
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