City Bank of Macon v. Kent
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and agent. Ratification. Banks. Evidence. Receipts. Jury. Charge of coart. Witness. Practice in the Snperior Court. Verdict. New trial. Practice in the Supreme Court. Attorneys. Before Judge Hill. Bibb Superior Court.
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Principal and agent. Ratification. Banks. Evidence. Receipts. Jury. Charge of coart. Witness. Practice in the Snperior Court. Verdict. New trial. Practice in the Supreme Court. Attorneys. Before Judge Hill. Bibb Superior Court. October Term, ,1875. Effie Kent brought complaint against the City Bank of Macon, on an account containing but one item, as follows : “May 15th, 1872 — To amount of cash deposited in said bank to her credit, $4,000 00.” The defendant pleaded as follows: 1st. The general issue. 2d. That said deposit was made by Benjamin E. Griggs, who, at the time, held a general power…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
The power of attorney is very broad. It confers authority to pay out as well as to collect. The agency did not expire when the money was deposited in bank to the credit of the principal. Besides the evidence on the face of the power itself, there are other facts in the record going to show that the agency continued in force. We think the officers of the bank were well justified in treating checks as genuine, which were presented by the agent; bearing the name of his principal. Such checks were sufficient receipts and acquittances for the money paid out by the bank upon them.…
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