Fiore v. Ladd & Tilton

This is an action to recover eight hundred dollars on a certificate of deposit issued by defendants as bankers on the thirteenth day of April, 1891, in the name of Saverio Fiore, which, as plaintiff claims, defendants afterwards wrongfully paid and cancelled. There was á judgment below for plaintiff, from which defendants appeal. The facts are these: On April 13,1891, plaintiff, who is an Italian, and can neither read nor write, and only speak the English language with difficulty, having on deposit with the Portland Savings Bank the sum of eight hundred dollars, was advised by a fellow…