STEWART v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.

33453.

83 Ga. App. 532 (1951)

64 S.E.2d 327

STEWART v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. George Thomas, George Stewart, J. E. B. Stewart, for plaintiff.

Morris B. Abram, Heyman, Howell & Heyman, for defendant.


TOWNSEND, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. The bank upon which the payment of a check is sought to be stopped being the agent of the maker, the latter is entitled as a matter of right to stop payment of any check drawn by him on such bank at any time before such check is presented to such bank for payment. Bank of Hamilton v. Williams, 146 Ga. 96 (90 S. E. 718). This right, of course, cannot be exercised by the maker of such check in a way...

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