Corn Exchange National Bank v. National Bank of the Republic
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: Of July Term • 1873, No. 145. This was an amicable action, entered July 20th 1872, by the Corn Exchange National Bank against The National Bank of the Republic. The action was for the recovery of the amount of a forged cheek on the plaintiff paid by them to the defendant.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: Of July Term • 1873, No. 145. This was an amicable action, entered July 20th 1872, by the Corn Exchange National Bank against The National Bank of the Republic. The action was for the recovery of the amount of a forged cheek on the plaintiff paid by them to the defendant. The check purported to have been drawn by W. A. Simpson & Son, and was for $2000. The cause was tried May 29th 1873, before Mitchell, J. The evidence was, that the check was brought to the defendant bank on Saturday, June 1st 1872, by T. M. Simpson, a son of William A. Simpson,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
An effort has been made to distinguish this case from that of the Tradesmen’s Bank v. Third National Bank, 16 P. F. Smith 435, but we think without success. The remark of the late Chief Justice Read in the concluding paragraph of his opinion in that case has no application to the present one. There, it was alleged that the defendants were not liable because they were merely agents for another bank. The court said if the fact were so it made no difference, as the money had not been paid over by the bank to its principal. There is no allegation here that the defendants are the agents of another…
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