Armour-Cudahy Packing Co. v. First National Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of "Washington county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. Action by appellant against the First National Bank of Greenville, Miss., to recover $1,047.60, alleged to have been deposited with the bank, as the money of plaintiff, by one Lamon.
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From the circuit court of "Washington county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. Action by appellant against the First National Bank of Greenville, Miss., to recover $1,047.60, alleged to have been deposited with the bank, as the money of plaintiff, by one Lamon. It appears that on the eighteenth day of January, 1889, plaintiff, doing business in South Omaha, Neb., consigned a car-load of meat to Lamon, at Greenville, and, at the same time, drew a draft on him for $1,524.96, the price of the meat, and the draft was sent to the defendant bank for collection. The car was delayed, and did not reach…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
It appears from the evidence of the witness, Lamon, that, as the agent of the Armour Packing Company, he received a certain car-load of meat, which he was authorized to sell for and on account of his principal, and that, as such agent, he did sell $1,047.67 worth of said meat, and deposited said sum with the First National Bank of Greenville in his own name and to his own credit. It likewise appears, from the evidence of this witness, that, at the time the money was so deposited, he notified the bank that it was the money of. the Armour Company, and that he directed the bank to remit the same…
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