Commissioner of Banking v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

It appears that the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company and its predecessors, for many years, had a considerable payroll at Tomah, occasioned by the maintenance of a bridge and building department in that city. Warren’s .Bank was a banking institution located at Tomah. It was the usual custom of the railroad company to pay its men employed at Tomah upon the 1st and 15th of each month. This was accomplished by drawing its checks in favor of the respective employees upon banks located either in Chicago or Milwaukee. These checks were sent to the superintendent, or other…