Anderson v. Dutton

This is an action of tort on G.L. 6888 as amended by No. 130, Acts of 1925, to recover the amount due on a check drawn by the defendant on the Barton Savings Bank Trust Company, for $150, in favor of plaintiff, which upon its presentation was protested by the bank for want of sufficient funds therein to the credit of the drawer with which to pay the same. Defendant filed an answer to the effect that at the time the check was made and delivered and for some time thereafter he had sufficient funds on deposit in said bank to meet it, and that after the check was protested by the bank, he settled…