Legal Opinion

Puget Sound State Bank v. Washington Paving Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1917No. 13607PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered February 9, 1916, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action on promissory notes, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Parker, J. —

The Puget Sound State Bank seeks recovery upon two promissory notes executed by the defendant Washington Paving Company, payable to its own order, thereafter transferred by it to the Olympia Bank & Trust Company by indorsements making them payable to its order, and thereafter transferred by that bank by delivery only, without indorsement, to the plaintiff. George Milton Savage and D. I. Cornell were made defendants because they indorsed the notes at the time they were transferred by the Washington Paving Company to the Olympia Bank & Trust Company. Trial in the superior court…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Trust Co. v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. First National Bank of New Windsor v. BynumSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  3. Carroll County Savings Bank v. StrotherSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1888
  4. St. Louis Natl. Bank v. GayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Clark v. SkeenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1900

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Nickell v. BradshawOregon Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. DukeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
  3. Conner v. First National BankWashington Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Great Falls National Bank v. YoungMontana Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Grays Harbor CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1930

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