Bickford v. First National Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by the First National Bank of Chicago against Bussell IÍ. Bickford, as the drawer of a certified check, which was protested for non-payment, and due notice given. A trial resulted in a finding and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court of Cook county, by the First National bank of Chicago against Russell K. Bickford, on a check drawn by him on the banking house of J. G-. Conrad, and certified by the téller of that house as “good.”
The check was drawn and certified and deposited in the First National bank, after ten o’clock a. m., and before three o’clock p. m., of the 29th day of September, 1864, for" the benefit of one Beardsley. On the same day the First National bank wrote the bank of Manitowoc, that their account had credit by Beardsley, $l,547TVr. The check…
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