Jackson Insurance v. Sturges

Sturges sued the Jackson Insurance Company in the Law Court of Memphis as - drawer of the following bill of exchange or bank check:—

"Memphis, March 3d, 1862. $1,000. Jackson Insurance Company. No. 8,273..

"In bankable funds, pay to the order of E. A. Sturges one thousand dollars.

I. B. Kirtland, Pres. Mess. Jno. Wood & Co., New Orleans.”

Kirtland was president of the Jackson Insurance Company, a banking institution at Memphis, and Jno. Wood & Co. were bankers in New Orleans.

In some counts in the declaration the instrument sued on is called a bill of exchange; in others a bank check, or order for…