Long v. Citizens' Bank

BlacKbuRN, J.:

This is a suit brought on a certificate of deposit in the usual form, purporting to be a certificate of deposit of the Citizens’ Bank for $1,000, payable to Hal W. Watters, signed, “J. P. Barbour, Cashier,” dated July 21, 1890. The evidence tends to show that the plaintiff purchased said certificate for value before the same became due, and that she is an innocent holder thereof for value. That a few men, including the defendants Robison and Johnson, early in 1890, agreed to form and carry on a banking business in Ogden, TJtah. Some time during the summer they agreed among…