First National Bank v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: Of May Term 1875, No. 72. This was an action of assumpsit, brought October 13th 1873, by Fannie L. Graham against the First National Bank of Carlisle, to recover the value of four United States 5-20 bonds of $1000 each, which had been left by her with the bank for safe-keeping, and for which there was given to her a receipt as follows :— “ Carlisle, Pa., October 22d 1868. Miss F. L. Graham has left in this bank, for…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: Of May Term 1875, No. 72. This was an action of assumpsit, brought October 13th 1873, by Fannie L. Graham against the First National Bank of Carlisle, to recover the value of four United States 5-20 bonds of $1000 each, which had been left by her with the bank for safe-keeping, and for which there was given to her a receipt as follows :— “ Carlisle, Pa., October 22d 1868. Miss F. L. Graham has left in this bank, for safe-keeping, four thousand dollars in U. S. 5-20 bonds of 1867, to be returned on the return of this receipt. Charles H.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
On the 22d of October 1868, Fannie L. Graham, the plaintiff below, deposited United Stat.es bonds, amounting to $4000, in the First National Bank of Carlisle, for safe-keeping. They were to be returned on the return of the receipt which was given to her by Chas. H. Hepburn, the cashier. Never having been returned, this suit was brought to recover their value. On the part of the defendants evidence was introduced to show that the bonds, together with money and securities belonging to the bank, its officers and other parties, had been stolen from the vault on the 5th of August 1871. Upon the…
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