Cecil Bank v. President of the Farmers Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arunde] Co. This was an action brought by the appellant against the appellees to recover the amount of a draft sent by them to Josiah Lee & Co., of Baltimore, for collection, and by the latter transmitted to the appellees for the same purpose.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arunde] Co. This was an action brought by the appellant against the appellees to recover the amount of a draft sent by them to Josiah Lee & Co., of Baltimore, for collection, and by the latter transmitted to the appellees for the same purpose. The case is thus stated in the opinion of this Court, delivered by Bartol, J. This suit was instituted by the appellant to recover the amount of the following acceptance: Port Deposit, Aug. 6tli 1860. 0590.48'. Three months after date, pay to our order, five hundred and ninety dollars and forty-eight cents, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartol, J.,
after stating the facts of the case (ante pp. 148-150,) delivered the opinion of this Court as follows: • '
The third prayer will be considered first. This presents the question of the effect of the words, “for collection,” in the endorsement made by the plaintiff to J. Lee & Co. In our opinion, the legal import and effect of such endorsement, was to notify the defendants, to whom the draft was sent by Lee & Co. for collection, that the plaintiff was owner, and J. Lee & Co. merely agents for collection; and with such notice the defendants would have no right, as against the…
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