Oconto National Bank v. Weber

During the summer of 1920 John H. Hazier was living in Oconto, Wisconsin, engaged in promoting in that city a corporation known as the Montana Tractor Company. On October 20 of that year he presented to appellant a check for $2,300 signed by himself and Caroline Hazier and drawn on Moon’s Bank of Leonora, Illinois, payable to the order of appellant and the amount thereof was paid to Hazier by appellant upon his representation that he had this amount of money in the bank upon which it was drawn. This check went to protest as there were no funds in the Moon bank to the credit of either of the…