First National Bank v. Gibbons

This action was brought by the appellee, plaintiff below, against the appellant, as defendant, to recover the amount of a certain draft, or bill of exchange, for $791.96, drawn by the Second National Bank of Hamilton, Ohio, on the Mercantile National Bank of New York, payable at sight to the order of the appellee, Amelia Gibbons.

The complaint was in two paragraphs. There was an answer in denial, and two paragraphs in confession and avoidance. The issues joined were tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned in favor of the appellee for the sum of $821.56, upon which final judgment was…