Snyder v. Corn Exchange National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 5,012, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of George E. Snyder, Individually, and trading as Harrison, Snyder & Son, v. Corn Exchange National Bank. Assumpsit to recover the amount of checks alleged to have been wrongfully paid by a bank.
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Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 5,012, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of George E. Snyder, Individually, and trading as Harrison, Snyder & Son, v. Corn Exchange National Bank. Assumpsit to recover the amount of checks alleged to have been wrongfully paid by a bank. The averments of the statement of claim and the affidavit of defense are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court discharged the rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Brown,
In determining whether the rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense was properly discharged by the *602court below, the following material averments in plaintiff’s statement must be first considered: George E. Snyder, the plaintiff, trading and doing business as a broker in the city of Philadelphia, under the name of Harrison, Snyder & Son, was a depositor with the Corn Exchange National Bank, the defendant. He had in his employ a clerk named Edwin S. Greenfield, who was authorized to draw checks in his name against his deposit in the said bank…
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