National Surety Co. v. Halsted Street State Bank

Mr. Presiding Justice Taylor

delivered the opinion of the court.

On November 20, 1925, the plaintiff, National Surety Company, brought suit against the defendant, Halsted Street State Bank, in the municipal court of Chicago for $1,065.35. There was a trial before the court, without a jury, and on July 23, 1926, judgment entered that the plaintiff take nothing by its suit. This appeal is from that judgment.

It is the theory of the plaintiff, the National Surety Company, that the defendant, the Halsted Street State Bank, having paid a number of drafts and one check —all of which were drawn by the…