Preston v. Prather
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. ' The plaintiffs below, tbe defendants in error here, were citizens of Missouri, and for many years • have been copartners, doing business at Maryville, in that State, under the name of the Nodaway Yalley Bank of Maryville.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. ' The plaintiffs below, tbe defendants in error here, were citizens of Missouri, and for many years • have been copartners, doing business at Maryville, in that State, under the name of the Nodaway Yalley Bank of Maryville. The defendants below were citizens of different States, one of them of Michigan and the others of Illinois, and for a similar period have been engaged in business as bankers at Chicago, in the latter State. In 1873 the plaintiffs opened an account with the defendants, which continued…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
By the defendants it was contended below in substance, and the contention is renewed here, that the bonds being placed with them on special deposit for safe-keeping, without any reward, promised or implied, they were gratuitous bailees, and were not chargeable for the loss of the bonds, unless the same resulted from their gross negligence, and they deny that any such negligence is imputable to them.
On the other hand, the plaintiffs contended below, and repeat their contention here, that, assuming that the defendants were in fact simply gratuitous bailees when the bonds were deposited with…
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