Independent Oil Men's Ass'n v. Fort Dearborn National Bank

Plaintiff "brought an action of assumpsit against the defendant to recover the proceeds of eleven checks with interest thereon, amounting to $1,514.08, which it claimed defendant had collected and refused to pay over on demand. At the close of all the evidence the court sustained plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict for the amount of its claim. A verdict was accordingly returned and judgment entered thereon, to reverse which defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The substance of plaintiff’s claim, as set up in its declaration, was that the defendant conducted a banking business in Chicago,…