Legal Opinion

Culpeper National Bank, Inc. v. Tidewater Improvement Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 8, 1916PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court, Part II, of the city of Richmond, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the Tidewater Improvement Company against the Culpeper National Bank and S. Russell Smith to recover the proceeds of a note, which it is alleged was drawn by the Tidewater Improvement Company, endorsed by H. B. Miller and J. Clifford Miller and delivered to S. Russell Smith, as president of the Culpeper National Bank to be by it discounted and the proceeds placed to the credit of the plaintiff. The declaration avers that the Culpeper National Bank, through S. Russell Smith, who was its president, accepted…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Pelton v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Guarantee Co. of North America v. First National Bank of LynchburgSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
  4. Bickle v. Chrisman's Adm'xSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  5. Baker v. Berry Hill Mineral Springs Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1911

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  2. Hawks v. DeHartSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
  3. Boykins Narrow Fabrics Corp. v. Weldon Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1980
  4. Paradise v. NowlinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. Horn v. AbernathySupreme Court of Virginia · 1986

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