Bryan v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1901, No. 37, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Miles Bryan v. First National Bank of McKees Rocks. Assumpsit against a bank for wrongfully charging off on its books a credit given to a depositor. Before Collier, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1901, No. 37, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Miles Bryan v. First National Bank of McKees Rocks. Assumpsit against a bank for wrongfully charging off on its books a credit given to a depositor. Before Collier, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the court refused defendant’s offer to prove that the checks deposited by the plaintiff represented a gambling transaction. [4] The court admitted in evidence the two checks, although it appeared that they were…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Brown,
On November 9, 1900, John J. McCann drew to the order of Miles Bryan and delivered to him a cheek on the First National Bank of McKee’s' Rocks, Pennsylvania, for $956. The day following he gave Bryan another check on the same bank for $1,164.75. On that day Bryan, who was also a depositor in the bank on which the checks had been drawn, went to it and made a deposit of $2,357, composed of these two checks and other small checks and some cash. At the time he made this deposit the books of the bank showed a credit in favor of McCann of $3,276. The two cheeks which he…
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