Chism, Churchill & Co. v. Bank
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from Second Chancery Court of Shelby County. SterliNG Pierson, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.
The complainants are cotton factors in the city of Memphis. On July 13, 1894, they purchased from the First National Bank of Memphis a draft for $3,000, payable to their order, and drawn on the defendant, the First National Bank of New York. After getting this draft, they indorsed it ‘ ‘ pay to H. C. Hamilton or order, ’ ’ and then *642placed it in tbe bands of one Weems, to be delivered to the indorsee, Hamilton. The drawing, in-dorsement, and ' delivery of this draft were the result of a fraudulent scheme which Weems practiced upon complainants.
They were induced by • him (at that time a man of…
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