Thompson v. Saint Nicholas National Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was an action brought by John B. Thompson, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, against the Saint Nicholas National Bank of New York, a national banking association.- The complaint alleged that on the ISfch of April, 1874, the plaintiff was the owner of 73 mortgage bonds, of $1000 each, of. the Jefferson, Madison and Indianapolis Bail-road Company, and 20 mortgage bonds, of $1000 each, of the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was an action brought by John B. Thompson, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, against the Saint Nicholas National Bank of New York, a national banking association.- The complaint alleged that on the ISfch of April, 1874, the plaintiff was the owner of 73 mortgage bonds, of $1000 each, of. the Jefferson, Madison and Indianapolis Bail-road Company, and 20 mortgage bonds, of $1000 each, of the •Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad Company, of the value of $150,000; that on or about that date the defendant became…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatcheord
■ The Federal question involved is the only one which we can consider on this writ of error. It arises under the act of March 8, 1869,15 Stat. 335, c. 135, which was the statute in force on April 18, 1874, and read as follows: “ It shall be unlawful for any officer, clerk or agent of any national bank to certify any check drawn upon said bank, unless the person or company drawing said check shall have on deposit in said bank, at the time such check is certified, an amount of money equal to the amount specified in such check; and any check so certified by duly authorized officers shall be a…
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