Bank of Conway v. Hiegel

STATEMENT BY THE COURT.

On November 20, 1931, the appellant, the Bank of Conway, Conway, Arkansas, received for collection a draft in the sum of $473.65, drawn by the Rea-Patterson Milling Company against appellees, a partnership trading as Hiegel-Thessing Grocery Company, Conway, Arkansas, with a bill of lading for a carload of flour attached to the draft. Appellant bank presented this draft to the appellees, who drew their check on the Farmers' State Bank of Conway for the amount of the draft, and thereupon the Bank of Conway delivered the bill of lading to the appellees and remitted to the…