Bielaski v. Fordham Nat. Bank

RIPPEY, District Judge.

This case was brought on in regular order on the law calendar before the court and jury. At the close of the trial, each party moved for a direction of verdict in its favor. Thereupon proceedings were had whereby the parties stipulated that the jury should be discharged and the case should be decided by the court upon the law and the facts as though the case had been tried before the court without a jury. The case was accordingly submitted to the court.

The defendant, Fordham National Bank in New York, was a national banking association with offices in the borough of the…