Eaves v. People's Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an amicable submission to the superior court, under the provisions of the statute on that subject, on the following agreed statement of facts. Elam Eaves, of Hartford, deposited with the People’s Savings Bank, of Hartford, on the first day of April, 1857, $118.29; and took a depositor’s bank book, in usual form, containing an entry of that amount to his credit.
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This was an amicable submission to the superior court, under the provisions of the statute on that subject, on the following agreed statement of facts. Elam Eaves, of Hartford, deposited with the People’s Savings Bank, of Hartford, on the first day of April, 1857, $118.29; and took a depositor’s bank book, in usual form, containing an entry of that amount to his credit. He stated at the time that he was going to Australia, and wished the treasurer to pay out the money to his wife as she might apply for it. Mrs. Eaves, not long after, called with the book and took $40, and afterwards $30, both…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
We discover no question of difficulty in this case. The plaintiff having deposited with the defend*232ants the money demanded, it would seem too clear to need a judicial decision, that he or his duly constituted attorney can alone obtain its repayment. We have looked into the charter and by-laws of the bank to see if there be anything to prevent the application of the principle of the common law to the case, but we find nothing,—certainly nothing that approximates to a legal authority for the payment of the money by the bank on the forged order that was presented.
The charter declares that “ all…
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