Ryan v. Columbia National Bank

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice; Cothran.

This action grows out of the following undisputed facts: On April 16, 1925, the town of Denmark, by its clerk of •council, remitted to the plaintiff, Ryan, a check for $750, upon the Citizens’ Exchange Bank of Denmark, in payment of certain work which the plaintiff had done for the town. On April 17th, the plaintiff, who had for several years been a depositor in the defendant bank, the Columbia National Bank, deposited the check, indorsed in blank by him, with the Columbia National Bank, the amount of which was immediately passed…