Schmitt v. Mellon National Bank
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 1796, directing the county court to enter judgment for defendant in case of Victor J. Schmitt, Receiver of the Interstate Lumber Company, v. Mellon National Bank. Petition for leave to appeal from the judgment of the county court. Before Reid, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 118, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 1796, directing the county court to enter judgment for defendant in case of Victor J. Schmitt, Receiver of the Interstate Lumber Company, v. Mellon National Bank. Petition for leave to appeal from the judgment of the county court. Before Reid, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order directing judgment to be entered in the county court in favor of defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
W. A. Coleman was treasurer of the Interstate Lumber Company. On October 15, 1909, he drew a check to the Mellon bank for the sum of $75 on the Eeal Estate Savings & Trust Company and signed the check, Interstate Lumber Company, W. A. Coleman, Treasurer. In the body of the check there were the words “To lift W. A. Coleman’s note to Shriver Lumber & Mfg. Co.” The check was certified by the Eeal Estate Savings & Trust Company. The Mellon bank received the money as agent of the Bank of Monongahela Valley located at Morgantown, West Virginia, who had forwarded the note for…
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