Rott v. Goldman

Defendants are- bankers at Detroit. They were engaged by plaintiff to transmit a deposit of money to the Savings Bank of Petrograd, Russia. To forward the deposit two correspondent banks were employed. Plaintiff received of defendants a memorandum of the engagement, which in form is like that set forth in Karnov v. Goldman, 229 Mich. 551. It is dated July 15,1917, conceded to be Sunday. Plaintiff and a companion, who was with him at the time, testified that the contract was made on Sunday. Defendants’ clerk testified that, though dated on Sunday, it was made on the previous Saturday night.…