Bank of Springfield v. First National Bank
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court, Hon. W. D. Hubbard, Judge. The cer- ■ tificate of a bank that a check is good is equivalent to acceptance. Morse on Banking [2 Ed.] 308-13-14; Bigelow on Estoppel [2 Ed.] 412-16. No particular form of certification is necessary. The mere verbal statement of the bank officer that the check is good will constitute a certification. Daniel on Neg.
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Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court, Hon. W. D. Hubbard, Judge. The cer- ■ tificate of a bank that a check is good is equivalent to acceptance. Morse on Banking [2 Ed.] 308-13-14; Bigelow on Estoppel [2 Ed.] 412-16. No particular form of certification is necessary. The mere verbal statement of the bank officer that the check is good will constitute a certification. Daniel on Neg. Inst., sec. 1606, p. 527;. Morse on Banking [2 Ed.] 316; Bigelow on Estoppel, 412-17; Pope v. Banlc, 59 Barb. 226; Espy n. Banlc, 18 Wall. 604. The appellant, after it had been informed by the plaintiff ’ sofficials…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The plaintiff is a bank doing business at North Springfield in this state, and the defendant is a national bank doing business at Springfield, about a mile and a half distant from the plaintiff bank. The substance of *273the petition is, that the plaintiff and the defendant made an exchange of checks, between each other, and that in the exchange the defendant became indebted to the plaintiff for the balance of $187.50, which the defendant refused to pay. The answer, after a general denial, sets up a state of facts which was supported by uncontradicted evidence, and which was as follows :
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