Crippen, Lawrence & Co. v. American National Bank
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Cotwt. — Hon. James G-ibson, Judge. (1) The court will in this case, as a matter of law, say whether or not, under all of the facts, the defendant bank is liable. Bricker v. Bank, 18 Pac.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Cotwt. — Hon. James G-ibson, Judge. (1) The court will in this case, as a matter of law, say whether or not, under all of the facts, the defendant bank is liable. Bricker v. Bank, 18 Pac. Rep. 43, (2) The duty of a banker is to pay the checks and bills of his customers, drawn payable to order, to the person who becomes holder by a genuine indorsement, and he cannot charge him with payments made otherwise, unless the circumstances amount to a direction from the customer to the banker to pay the .paper without reference to the genuineness of the indorsement.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, partners, against the defendant bank on a bill of exchange drawn by the Exchange Bank of *511Lyons, Kansas, on the defendant bank in favor of E. M. Henderson for $1,282.95.
The ease was tried before the court sitting as a jury. No objection appears to have been made to the admission or exclusion of evidence, nor were there any instructions asked or given. The finding and judgment of the court were for the defendant. Plaintiffs appeal. The undisputed evidence in the case shows that in April, 1889, a party assuming to be P. W. Pool applied for a loan…
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