EVANSVILLE BANK v. GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK

No. 85.

155 U.S. 556 (1895)

EVANSVILLE BANK v. GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alpheus H. Snow, (with whom was Mr. John M. Butler on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles W. Smith, (with whom were Mr. Thomas B. Paxton, Mr. John W. Warrington, and Mr. John S. Duncan on the brief,) for defendant in error.


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

The Fidelity Bank did not purchase this draft from the plaintiff, and, although it acquired the mere legal title, never became its equitable owner. It received it as an agent, and the endorsement, "for collection, for German-American National Bank of Peoria, Illinois," was notice to it and every subsequent holder that it was forwarded simply for collection. Neither by the express terms...

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