American Hominy Co. v. Millikin Nat. Bank
District Court, S.D. Illinois
At Law. Action by the American Hominy Company against the Millikin National Bank. Judgment for defendant. The American Hominy Company, plaintiff, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey, with its head office at Indianapolis, Ind.
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At Law. Action by the American Hominy Company against the Millikin National Bank. Judgment for defendant. The American Hominy Company, plaintiff, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey, with its head office at Indianapolis, Ind. The defendant is a banking association organized under the National Banking Act (13 Stat. 99), and is located at the city of Decatur, 111. For 10 years prior to the commencement of this suit, plaintiff owned and operated a grain elevator at Garber, Ford county, 111., and during the same time plaintiff maintained a branch office at…
1Opinion of the CourtFitzhenry, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is not contended, in this case, that Meyer did not have authority to draw drafts in exactly the same form as the drafts sued upon. In fact, it is a fair inference that during the period covered by the fraudulent transactions involved here, June, 1914, to June, 1917, Meyer drew hundreds of drafts in identically the same form, so clearly so that plaintiff accepted and paid the bad ones with the good, thro'ughout the entire three-year period. The. series of frauds finally being discovered and the extent of them ascertained, suit was brought against…
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