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The Carrollton Sun
New Orleans, Carrollton, Orleans County, Jefferson County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
In U.S. Circuit Court in Hartford, Conn., on the 19th, the jury ruled in favor of Adams's Express Company in a case brought by Bank of Norwalk over a forged note discounted for $2,971. The court held express companies insure the genuineness of paper sent through them.
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Expresses—A dispatch from Hartford,
(Conn.,) on the 19th, says:
In the Circuit Court of the United
States here to-day, before Judges Nelson
and Shipman, in the case of Bank of
Norwalk vs. Adams's Express Company,
the jury found a verdict for the
defendants. The action was to recover
$2,971 claimed by Bank of the Express
on the discount of a forged
note sent to the Bank through the
Express.
The Court held that an Express
Company is an insurer, or guarantee,
of the genuineness of paper sent
through it, and has the right to deliver
the avails of a note to the party from
whom it receives the note, even though
the bank sending the avails supposes
it is sending them to some one else.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Hartford, Conn.
Event Date
19th
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jury found verdict for defendants (adams's express company); court held express company insures genuineness of paper and can deliver avails to original party.
Event Details
In U.S. Circuit Court, Bank of Norwalk sued Adams's Express Company to recover $2,971 from discount of a forged note sent through the express; jury ruled for defendants.