Legal Opinion
Manhattan Web Co. v. Aquidneck Nat. Bank
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Decided November 10, 1904No. 2,715PublishedCited by 5 opinions
At Taw. On defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The Manhattan Web Company, a corporation of New Jersey, was a depositor in the defendant bank. Its treasurer, E. Read Goodridge, drew against its account a check for $7,750, dated February 20, 1900, payable to the order of E. Read Goodridge, and signed “Manhattan Web Co., E. Read Goodridge, Treasurer.” This check, indorsed, “Pay Aquidneck Nat. Bank or order E. Read Goodridge,” was sent by Goodridge to Hopkins, cashier of the bank, in a letter directing the application of the check to the payment of six notes then held by the bank. The bank followed instructions, and…
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- Cohnfeld v. . TanenbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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