Lyons v. Corder
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) The directors were guilty of negligence per se in failing to require an official bond of the cashier. This conduct was in direct violation of law.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Samuel Davis, Judge. (1) The directors were guilty of negligence per se in failing to require an official bond of the cashier. This conduct was in direct violation of law. (2) The directors cannot be heard to say they were not apprised of facts shown to exist by the ledgers, books, accounts, correspondence, reconcilements and statements of the bank which would have come to their knowledge except for their gross neglect or inattention. Hall v. Henderson, 61 L. R. A. 640, 126 Ala. 449; Society of Shakers v. Underwood, 15 Am. Rep. 737, 9 Bush, 609;…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
I. trial court erred in excluding from the evidence the contents of the books of the correspondent banks in
BOND, J.
Record Entries of Correspondent Bank.
(After stating the facts as above). — The St. Louis and Kansas City. Those books contained entries of the various drafts drawn upon said banks by the cashier, of the Middleton Bank and of the dates and amounts paid upon such drafts. They were made by the two witnesses who produced the books.and testified to their contents, who were employees of the correspondent banks and as such made *549the entries on their hooks in the due course of…
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