Aiken Bag Corporation v. McLeod

89 Ga. App. 737 (1954)

81 S.E.2d 215

AIKEN BAG CORPORATION

v.

McLEOD et al.

34926.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1954.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1954.

Briggs Carson, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Robert R. Forrester, contra.

NICHOLS, J.

1. A check does not of itself operate as an assignment of any part of the drawer's funds deposited with the bank upon which the check is drawn, and the bank is not liable to a holder of a check unless and until it accepts or certifies the check. Dixon & Co. v. Bank of Quitman, 23 Ga. App. 279 (3) (98 S. E. 112); Code § 14-1707. From this it follows…