Patterson v. Marine N. Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO 2 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 148, 149 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 508, 509 January Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. On December 31, 1887, to No. 508 January Term 1888, in tbe court below, T. H. Baird Patterson brought assumpsit against the Marine National Bank of Pittsburgh, to recover a balance alleged to be due to the plaintiff upon a deposit account opened by him with the defendant bank. Issue.
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APPEALS BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO 2 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 148, 149 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 508, 509 January Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. On December 31, 1887, to No. 508 January Term 1888, in tbe court below, T. H. Baird Patterson brought assumpsit against the Marine National Bank of Pittsburgh, to recover a balance alleged to be due to the plaintiff upon a deposit account opened by him with the defendant bank. Issue. On the same day, to No. 509 of the same term, an action in case, between the same plaintiff and defendant, was brought to recover…
1Opinion of the Court
No. 148.
Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
The money in controversy was deposited in the defendant bank by the plaintiff, as “ agent.” There was nothing upon the face of the deposit to show for whom he was agent. In Citizens N. Bank v. Alexander, 120 Pa. 476, the deposit was made by “ W. J. Alexander, deputy treasurer,” and we held that “ the most effect that could be claimed for the words ‘ deputy treasurer ’ was an acknowledgment by Alexander that he held the money for some one else, and, the other person not being designated, as between the bank and Alexander the money belonged to…
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