Kenny v. Harlem Savings Bank
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Aepeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the 'City Court of the city of Kew York, entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and from an order denying a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The plaintiff deposited moneys in the defendant savings bank but, being unable to write, could not sign in the bank’s signature book except by his mark. He later learned to write his name and then recorded his signature at the bank. Thereafter, at different times, he drew three drafts on the savings bank which he presented and which were duly paid. The last of them was presented and paid on April 22, 1907.
On October 19, 1907, a draft, signed in the plaintiff’s name, was presented at the bank by one Farley, who also produced the plaintiff’s bank book and answered the test questions put to him…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelley v. . Buffalo Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Ferguson v. Harlem Savings BankAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904
- Wall v. Emigrant Industrial Sav. BankNew York Supreme Court · 1892