Friedman v. Edgewater State Bank
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richabd S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley
Plaintiff, an attorney at law, commenced an action in case on February 16, 1918, against the defendant bank to recover damages for the bank’s refusal to honor his check for $5, drawn on the bank and payable to the order of his sister, at a time when he was a depositor in the bank and had more than sufficient funds on deposit to meet the check. In his amended declaration plaintiff alleged that because of the dishonoring of said check he had been “greatly injured in his good name, credit, reputation, business and profession,” and that persons who formerly had been accustomed to deal with and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wiley v. Bunker Hill National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Schaffner v. EhrmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Third Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. OberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
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- Meinhart v. Farmers State BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1927