Gage v. Boston National Bank

It having become necessary for the plaintiff in the settlement of the estate to pay to the intestate’s mother Eva Dudonis, who was an heir residing in Lithuania, $500, he delivered on May 7, 1921, a check payable to the defendant bank which agreed to transmit the amount in Lithuanian reichsmarks and obtain her receipt. The “remittance order,” accepted by the plaintiff May 10, 1921, states as condition, “It is expressly agreed that the Boston National Bank acts as Agent only for the sender. . . . The Boston National Bank, its Correspondent or Agent is to forward the money from any European…