Fort v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wieson, J., Lexington, June, 1908. Action by James C. Fort against First National Bank of Batesburg. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs. Bñrd & Dreher cite: Parol evidence of contents of check: 22 N. J. L-, 552; 10' Md., 234. Bank had no control of deposit: 78 $. C., 408. cite: Depositors may make express contract zvith bank: 77 S- C., 308.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The testimony tends to show these facts: In December, 1903, S. B. Coats offered to sell James C. Fort a house and lot in Batesburg, S. C., for eight hundred and fifty dollars, and Fort was informed that the First National Bank of Batesburg had a mortgage on the premises and that Rogers Bayly was claiming a mechanic’s lien thereon for fifty-eight dollars. ’ A suit was then pending in the Common Pleas Court for Lexington County by Bayly, as plaintiff, against Coats and the First National Bank, as defendants, for the enforcement of the…
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