THOMPSON v. SIOUX FALLS NATIONAL BANK

No. 53.

150 U.S. 231 (1893)

THOMPSON v. SIOUX FALLS NATIONAL BANK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 20, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas B. McMartin for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. William A. Wilkes, Mr. F.L. Boyce, and Mr. R.J. Wells filed a brief for the First National Bank of Sioux Falls, plaintiff in error.

Mr. George A. Madill and Mr. Cushman K. Davis for defendant in error.


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

As the cheque in this case is admitted to have been obtained without consideration, and to have been invalid in the hands of the immediate payee, the plaintiff, to sustain its own title; must prove either that it was itself a bona fide holder without notice, or that the county commissioners, of whom it received the paper, had taken the same...

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