Stevens v. Corn Exchange Bank

— This action was brought to recover the amount due upon a check drawn by Lawrence E. Jerome on the defendant, for the sum of $2,500, payable to the order of Catherine H. Jerome, and indorsed by her. The check was dated on the 5th day of May, 1862, and certified as good at that time, by the teller of the defendant. It was not charged to the account of the drawer, who then had more funds on deposit in the bank than were required for its payment; but a memorandum of its amount was made in figures on the margin of his account in one of the defendant’s ledgers. The check was delivered by the…