Koutsis v. Zion's Sav. Bank & Trust Co.

This is an action to recover $350 deposited by plaintiff in the savings bank of defendant. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff from which defendant has appealed.

The plaintiff is a Greek, and testified that he could not read or write anything except his own name. On September 16, 1920, he opened a savings account at defendant’s bank, at which time he signed and left with the bank a signature card, giving his street address, date of birth, and father’s name, and containing an agreement that his account should be subject to the existing by-laws of the bank, as…