Legal Opinion

National Mechanics' Bank v. National Bank

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 8, 1872PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Three exceptions were taken by the defendant w'ho appealed. First Exception: This is fully stated in the opinion of the Court. Second .Exception: The plaintiff proposed to read in evidence the following testimony of Mr. Gibson, late cashier of the appellee, as taken by a stenographer on a former trial of the cause: Question.

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Three exceptions were taken by the defendant w'ho appealed. First Exception: This is fully stated in the opinion of the Court. Second .Exception: The plaintiff proposed to read in evidence the following testimony of Mr. Gibson, late cashier of the appellee, as taken by a stenographer on a former trial of the cause: Question. “ Can yon state any conversation that took place between L. P. Bayne and yourself, on the 23d of April, 1866, with regard to a transfer order?” Answer. “ On the morning of the 23d of April, as I was approaching the bank…

1Opinion of the CourtBowie, J.

The appellee instituted suit in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in June, 1866, against the appellant and filed its *16narr. containing the. common counts in assumpsit. The object of the suit was to recover the sum of $25,000, the amount of an order issued on the 23d of April, 1866, by the appellee in favor of the appellant, in the following words:

The Nat. Bank op Baltimore,

April 23, 1866.

Clearing House will transfer to the Mechanics’ National Bank, twenty-five thousand dollars of balance due us.

$25,000. (Signed,) J. Thos. Smith, Teller.

The parties to the suit were both members of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Marshall v. HaneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
  2. Morrison v. WhitesideCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861
  3. Henderson v. MayhewCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1844
  4. Rosenstock v. TormeyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
  5. Atwell v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1857

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  2. Dearholt Motor Sales Co. v. MerrittCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1918
  3. The People v. ScornavacheIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Askin v. MoultonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1926
  5. Jones v. Sherwood Distilling Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1926

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