Hartford v. Greenwich Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John A. Hartford, from a judgment of the Siipreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of February, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of February, 1913, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
Plaintiff’s assignor, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, was a depositor in the defendant bank during the months of November and December, 1911, and for a considerable time prior thereto. The question in the case is whether or not the bank was justified in paying, and entitled to charge against the account of the tea company, five checks for the aggregate amount of $8,060.50, drawn by said company to the order of James Wilson. 'That the checks bore the genuine signature of the tea company is undisputed, and it conclusively appears that the company was induced to draw them…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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