Unaka National Bank v. Butler ex rel. Davis
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WASHINGTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County. — A. J. Tyler, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
This action involves the title of a bona fide purchaser of a bank check payable to a particular payee or order, and indorsed in blank by the payee, as against that of the rightful owner, who lost it; and the construction of certain sections of the negotiable instrument law (chapter 94, p. 139, Acts 1899).
W. B. Harris, a manufacturer of Johnson City, Tenn., a regular depositor in the Unaka National Bank, of that city, plaintiff in error, drew his check upon that bank November 24, 1903, in favor of Henry Butler, or order, for $16.25, and delivered it to him. Henry Butler, indorsed it in blank…
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