Wisner v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1907, by 'plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1905, No. 438, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of A. L. Wisner, trading as A. L. Wisner & Co., v. The First National Bank of Gallitzin. Assumpsit for loss alleged to have been caused by failure to return checks. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Samuel R. Bullock drew six checks on the defendant bank *23in favor of Charles W. Gallaer, Jr., who deposited them in the plaintiff bank in New York City, which credited them to his account in that bank. The first check is dated December 27, 1904, and the last, January 3, 1905. The plaintiff sent these checks to the defendant bank, two of them through the First National Bank of Altoona, Pa., and the remaining four through the Farmers’ Deposit National Bank of Pittsburg. On the day they were received, the defendant bank handed the several checks to a notary public,…
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