Marshall v. Bank of Beaufort

Adams, J".

Tbe controversy must be determined upon tbe facts found by tbe court, wbicb are no less conclusive than tbe verdict of a jury. When tbe plaintiff delivered bis check for $8,000 to- tbe cashier for tbe purchase of State bonds, tbe bank gave tbe plaintiff a receipt in wbicb it was stipulated that tbe bonds should be delivered to him upon demand and upon bis surrender of tbe receipt, and that record of tbe check should be entered on bis book only when tbe bonds were placed in bis bands. Tbe parties evidently contemplated no change in tbe relation previously existing between them until…