Cronheim v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Reid. II. Cronheim brought suit against the telegraph company, making in his petition substantially the following allegations: Plaintiff was general superintendent of the insurance department of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias for the State of Georgia, and had an office in the city of Atlanta, which was under the control of and maintained by the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
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Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Reid. II. Cronheim brought suit against the telegraph company, making in his petition substantially the following allegations: Plaintiff was general superintendent of the insurance department of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias for the State of Georgia, and had an office in the city of Atlanta, which was under the control of and maintained by the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias. On December 20,1907, he received from Carlos S. Hardy, general secretary of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias in the city of Chicago,…
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1, 2. When the receipt was signed by the plaintiff the voucher became an order on the Chicago bank for the sum expressed in its face. The voucher recited upon its face that it was payable in current funds of the bank when the receipt was signed. When the receipt was signed the voucher had all of the incidents of a check drawn in the usual form upon the order of the payee and indorsed by him. It was the right of the payee to divest himself of the title tó the voucher by an absolute sale, or he could appoint an agent to collect and remit to him the proceeds.…
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- National Commercial Bank v. Miller & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- Smith v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1885
- Mills v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Fourth National Bank v. MayerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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- Spooner v. Bank of DonalsonvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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