Legal Opinion
McIntosh v. Lytle
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 3, 1880PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, the action having been tried before Wilkin, J., and dismissed on the defendant’s motion.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
Action on a writing as follows: “$200. St. Paul, Minn., January 22, 1879.
“Dawson & Co., Bankers : Pay to the order of, on sight, two hundred dollars, in current funds. E. Lytle.’’
*337When presented to Dawson & Co., they refused payment, having been instructed so to do by the defendant.
A check must name or indicate a payee. Checks drawn payable to an impersonal payee, as to “bills payable” or order, or to a number or order, are held to be payable to bearer, on the ground that the use of the words “or order” indicates an intention that the paper shall be negotiable; and the mention of an impersonal…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Hansen v. Northwestern National Bank of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Pollack v. National Bank of CommerceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- Smith v. WillingWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
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