First National Bank v. Mason
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of QUnton county: Of May Term 1880, No. 96. Assumpsit by James D. Mason against the First National Bank of Lock Haven, to recover a balance of deposits to the credit of the plaintiff in said bank.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of QUnton county: Of May Term 1880, No. 96. Assumpsit by James D. Mason against the First National Bank of Lock Haven, to recover a balance of deposits to the credit of the plaintiff in said bank. At the trial plaintiff produced and offered in evidence his bank book, wherein it appeared that he had made a number of deposits and drawn numerous checks, and that he had a balance to his credit of $1254.90. He then testified that he had. drawn checks against this balance which had been dishonored, and that he had personally gone to the bank and made demand for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The plaintiff below brought his suit against the First National Bank of Lock Haven, to recover the amount of moneys he had deposited with said bank. The defendant offered to prove that the money deposited in the name of James D. Mason, the plaintiff, was, in fact, the money of the firm of Thomas & Mason, of which firm the plaintiff was a clerk; that the plaintiff had admitted at the time the deposits were made that the money belonged to said firm, and were placed in his name as a matter of convenience in paying small bills; and that the said Thomas & Mason were indebted to the said bank in…
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