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  "id": 2921090,
  "name": "McCarty Brothers, Appellant, v. Fort Dearborn National Bank, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "McCarty Bros. v. Fort Dearborn National Bank",
  "decision_date": "1917-11-30",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,124",
  "first_page": "282",
  "last_page": "283",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "McCarty Brothers, Appellant, v. Fort Dearborn National Bank, Appellee."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Taylor\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Banks and banking, \u00a7 131 \u2014what is effect of certification of cheek on liability of bank. While a check itself does not operate as an assignment of any of the funds to the credit of the drawer, upon the certification of the check, the bank becomes liable to the holder.\n3. Banks and banking, \u00a7 131*\u2014certification of check as creating relation of creditor and debtor between holder and bank. When a check is certified, a contract between the holder of the check and the bank is at once created, the bank becoming the direct debtor to the holder.\n4. Banks and banking, \u00a7 131*\u2014when drawer cannot question right of payee to negotiate certified check without indorsement. After a check is delivered, certified and paid, the drawer cannot question the right of the payee to negotiate it without indorsement.\n5. Banks and banking, \u00a7 131*\u2014when maker cannot object to payment of certified check. Where a check is certified, the maker is relieved from all liability and becomes a stranger to all further proceedings involving the check, and he cannot object that the check was paid by the bank without the payee\u2019s indorsement.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Taylor"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Heffron, Perkinson & Berlet, for appellant.",
      "Adams, Crews, Bobb & Westcott, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "McCarty Brothers, Appellant, v. Fort Dearborn National Bank, Appellee.\nGen. No. 23,124.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Bills and notes, \u00a7 309 \u2014what is effect of certification on liability of drawer. Where the holder of a check procures it to be accepted or certified, the drawer is discharged from liability thereon.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1917.\nAffirmed..\nOpinion filed November 30, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction on contract by McCarty Brothers, a corporation, plaintiff, against Fort Dearborn National Bank, a corporation, defendant. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.\nHeffron, Perkinson & Berlet, for appellant.\nAdams, Crews, Bobb & Westcott, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vola. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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