Davis v. First National Bank of Fresno
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of tbe Superior Court of Fresno County and from an order refusing a new trial. J. R. Webb, Judge. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
In May, 1893, tbe plaintiff requested tbe defendant to easb a draft for seven hundred dollars which had been made on the Fourth National Bank of New York by the First National Bank of Bock Springs, in the state of Wyoming, in favor of Mrs. A. J. Minto, and indorsed by her to him. The plaintiff had arrived in Fresno from the east that morning, and, when asked by the cashier of the defendant if he could be identified by anyone, he replied that he was a stranger in Fresno and knew nobody there. The defendant declined to cash the draft, but offered to take it for collection if he could be…
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