Field v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “By a fraudulent scheme of ‘kiting checks,’ between these banks, drawn on these accounts, the company had on and before the 22d day of September, 1916, become indebted to the Clement National Bank for $14,522 and to the Capital Savings Bank & Trust Company for $5,060. This fraud was not discovered by either bank until September 20, 1916. On that day each bank knew that by reason of the fraud it had been led into paying checks drawn by the company on the other bank which would be returned unpaid,- and that by this fraudulent scheme the company was indebted to each bank for the amount stated, notwithstanding those amounts would not show upon the books of the banks until the checks were returned (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McLemore v. Third National Bank (In Re Montgomery)