First National Bank v. Miller

Ragan, C.

On Saturday, the 31st day of May, 1890, about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Abraham L. Miller indorsed in blank and deposited to his credit in the First National Bank of Wymore two checks, drawn by A. W. Beahm to Miller’s order, on the .State Bank of Cortland, Nebraska. These checks aggregated $3,429.25.

The town of Cortland is twenty-seven miles distant from Wymore, the two being connected by telephone, telegraph, and railroad lines, and two daily mails. The mails for Cortland closed at Wymore, at that time, at 6 and 8 o’clock respectively in the afternoon of each day. The first mail…