McCaskill v. Connecticut Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the plaintiff as assignee of a savings bank passbook and holder of an order for money, to recover money represented by it, standing to the credit of the depositor on the pass-book; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court before Robinson, J. The court made the following finding of facts. The defendant is a savings bank chartered by the state and doing business in New Haven.
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Action by the plaintiff as assignee of a savings bank passbook and holder of an order for money, to recover money represented by it, standing to the credit of the depositor on the pass-book; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court before Robinson, J. The court made the following finding of facts. The defendant is a savings bank chartered by the state and doing business in New Haven. On December 23d, 1887, a person introducing himself as Michael Harrison, and representing that he lived at No. 68 Walnut street, in the city of New' Haven, called at the banking…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
Upon the trial of this case, and upon the facts contained in the finding, the plaintiff’s contentions relative to five questions were overruled by the court, and furnish the only foundation for this appeal. But as four of the questions embrace only two subjects, the questions for our review may well be reduced to three, as follows:—
First. Is the savings bank pass-book upon which the suit is predicated a negotiable instrument ?
Second. Is the defendant bank estopped from showing that the seven hundred and fifty dollars which appears on that book to the credit of Michael Harrison, was in fact…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Osborn v. ByrneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Commonwealth v. Reading Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Bunnell v. Collinsville Savings SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Sinnett v. MolesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Eaves v. People's Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Forastiere v. Springfield Institution For SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Hopkins Place Savings Bank v. HolzerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
- Wade v. Security Savings & Commercial BankCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Grant v. Colonial Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Mills v. Albany Exchange Savings BankNew York Supreme Court · 1899
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