J. S. Ditch & Bros. v. Western National Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City. The appeal in this case was taken from a decree of the lower Court (Wickes, J.) determining that the property in the check in question passed from the depositors, Ditch & Bros., and vested in J. J. -Nicholson & Sons, and that the latter conferred a perfect title upon the Western National Bank, their transferree.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City. The appeal in this case was taken from a decree of the lower Court (Wickes, J.) determining that the property in the check in question passed from the depositors, Ditch & Bros., and vested in J. J. -Nicholson & Sons, and that the latter conferred a perfect title upon the Western National Bank, their transferree. The opinion of this Court, together with the dissenting opinion, furnish a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. The cause was argued before Robinson, C. J., Bryan, Bowler, Page, Roberts and McSherry, J., for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeyan, J.
This case involves a question of considerable importance. Thomas J. Shryock & Co. drew their check for a hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents on the Third National Bank of Baltimore, payable to the order of John E. Reese. Reese endorsed it in these words: “Pay to the order of J. S. Ditch & Brother.” The next endorsement was in these words: “For deposit to the credit of J. S. Ditch & Brother.” Signed per T. P. Cassidy. It was admitted that Cassidy had due authority from Ditch & Brother to make and sign this endorsement. *202Luther B. Ditch, a member of the firm of Ditch &…
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