Treadwell v. Central Bank of West Lebanon

This action is brought upon three certificates of deposit, of which plaintiff is the holder and owner by indorsement, issued by the defendant bank to Columbia Casualty Company. Among other defenses pleaded were the statutes of the State of Indiana governing negotiable instruments of the nature of the certificates of deposit in suit, together with an affidavit of meritorious defense. An amended affidavit of merits was filed by leave of court, setting up defenses claimed to inure to defendant in virtue of the statutes of Indiana and the decisions of the Indiana courts construing such statutes.…