Legal Opinion

Lindstrom v. Bank of Jamestown

New York County Courts

Decided February 15, 1935Published

1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.

This action was brought to recover the sum of $348.04 deposited in the defendant bank by Eva Lindstrom, the wife of plaintiff, on February 26, 1934, and which the plaintiff claims was his money. The evidence shows that about the 3d or 4th day of February, 1934, plaintiff received a bonus check or draft for $548.04 issued by the United States Treasury payable to his order; that some time thereafter he indorsed it in blank and left it in the envelope in which it was received in the pocket of a coat hanging up in the house. He and his wife were not living together, but she came there at times,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Van Alen v. . American National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. American Sugar Refining Co. v. FancherNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. Scheffer v. Erie County Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Bryant v. Century BankNew York Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Peter Adams Co. v. National Shoe & Leather BankNew York Supreme Court · 1887

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