COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ARMSTRONG

Nos. 76, 77.

148 U.S. 50 (1893)

COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ARMSTRONG. ARMSTRONG v. COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Hoadly, Jr., for the Commercial Bank. Mr. Edward Colston, Mr. John Sparhawk and Mr. Judson Harmon were with him on the brief.

Mr. John W. Herron for Armstrong, receiver.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

We agree with the Circuit Judge that the relation created between the banks as to uncollected paper was that of principal and agent and that the mere fact that a subagent of the Fidelity Bank had collected the money due on such paper, was not a mingling of those collections with the general funds of the Fidelity, and did not operate to relieve...

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