Legal Opinion

First Nat. Bank v. Linn Co. Bank

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From Linn: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. Action by the First National Bank of Portland, Oregon, against the Linn County National Bank of Albany, Oregon, to recover damages for the negligence of the latter in matter of collecting a certain draft. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bean.

*297This is an action to recover for a loss suffered by the plaintiff on account of an alleged omission of duty on the part of the defendant. The substance of the complaint is that on the 16th day of June, 1893, the plaintiff bank forwarded by mail to the defendant bank, its regular agent and correspondent at Albany, Oregon, for collection and payment, a sight draft for $1,000, drawn by one J. L. Cowan on the defendant bank in favor of. Fleiscbner, Mayer & Co., and by them indorsed to the plaintiff for deposit on account; that the draft was received by the defendant on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburgh RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. La Rue v. St. Anthony & D. Elevator Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Steele v. VandersliceArizona Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Goltra v. PenlandOregon Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. H. M. Brown Coal Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1932
  4. Fredenthal v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1908
  5. In Re Estate of HoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945

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