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Strauss v. American Exchange National Bank of New York

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 16, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Assignment Proceedings. — Error to the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1897. Affirmed. Opinion filed December 16, 1897.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes

The question presented in this record is whether the County Court of Cook County erred in allowing defendant in error credit in an accounting with the .assignee of Herman Schaffner & Co. for a check or draft of $55,000, dated June 1, 1893, drawn by said Schaffner & Co. on defendant in error, accepted and certified on June 3, 1893, and paid June 5, 1893.

Herman Schaffner and A. Gr. Becker, comprising the firm of Schaffner & Co., were private bankers in Chicago, and defendant in error was their Hew York depository and correspondent. Schaffner & Go. had for many years prior to June 1, 1893, done…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Farmers & Mechanics' Bank v. Butchers & Drovers' BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  2. First Nat. Bank of Jersey City v. . LeachNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  3. Thomson v. . Bank of British North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  4. National Bank of America v. Indiana Banking Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Brown v. LeckieIllinois Supreme Court · 1867

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Midwest National Bank & Trust Co. v. Niles & Watters Savings BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  2. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of South Bend v. Railway Ticket Protective BureauAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  3. Forsyth v. BarnesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907

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