Fifth National Bank v. Iron City National Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an .appeal from Bexar County. ‘The Iron City National Bank of Llano sued the Fifth National Bank of San Antonio for a deposit the application of which to payment of a debt of plaintiff’s cashier defendant had made, and asserted that plaintiff was estopped from questioning.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an .appeal from Bexar County. ‘The Iron City National Bank of Llano sued the Fifth National Bank of San Antonio for a deposit the application of which to payment of a debt of plaintiff’s cashier defendant had made, and asserted that plaintiff was estopped from questioning. Judgment going for defendant, the plaintiff appealed and the Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that there was no evidence to support the claim of estoppel. Appellee thereupon obtained writ of error, on the ground that the ruling practically…
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Associate Justice.
The Iron City national Bank of Llano began, early in April, 1894, doing business with the Fifth national Bank of San Antonio, and made with it large deposits against which it drew from time to time in the usual course of business between banks.
In May, 1894, W. O. Richardson, as cashier of the Llano bank, directed the cashier of the San Antonio bank to charge the account of the Llano bank with the amount of two notes which Richardson owed the San Antonio bank. In accordance with this direction, the San Antonio bank charged the account of the Llano bank on May 25,…
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