German American Bank v. Wright
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered April 25, 1914, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on a check, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action to recover upon a check drawn by the defendant Wright upon the Lincoln County Bank of Merrill, Wisconsin, payable to the defendant Cavette and by him indorsed to the plaintiff. The facts are these:
On February 21, 1912, Wright, in the city of New York, made his ordinary bank check of that date upon his bank of deposit in Merrill, Wisconsin, to the order of the defendant Cavette for $5,000, and delivered it to Cavette. At that time Cavette, who was engaged in an effort to reorganize a *462certain fisheries company, agreed to deliver to the defendant Wright $15,000 worth of of the…
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