First National Bank v. Richmond Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The electric company, plaintiff, kept an active account with the defendant bank, and this action is to recover a balance of deposit alleged to be due it from the bank. This alleged balance was brought about by the bank having paid a number of checks, the amount of which had been raised after being signed by the plaintiff.
It appears that the plaintiff had in its employ a clerk named Woodall. Once a week the electric company issued its check for a sum sufficient to cover its weekly pay-roll payable “to the order of pay-roll.” Its clerk and cashier, Woodall, presented, these checks to the bank…
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- National Bank v. NoltingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
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