Reinisch v. Consolidated National Bank
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 3,348, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Meier Reiniseh and M. Stangart, trading as Meier Reiniseh & Company v. Consolidated National Bank. Trespass against a bank for dishonoring checks. Before Sulzberger, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 58, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 3,348, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Meier Reiniseh and M. Stangart, trading as Meier Reiniseh & Company v. Consolidated National Bank. Trespass against a bank for dishonoring checks. Before Sulzberger, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1,2) answers to points quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court and refusal of motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
For some months prior to September 4, 1907, the plaintiffs, small merchants in the city of Philadelphia, had maintained an ordinary deposit account in the defendant bank. At the opening of business on the morning of that day it is conceded the correct amount of the balance to their credit was, as shown by the books of the bank, $328.12. The defendant bank was a member of the Clearing House, and while the situation remained as above stated*jts mes*238senger returned from the Clearing House, bringing with him a bundle of seventeen checks drawn by plaintiffs, which he handed to…
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