Case Name: Sawyer, Respondent, v. Page, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1857-03
Citations: 24 Mo. 595
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sawyer, Respondent, v. Page, Appellant.
Judges: Judge Hyland concurring ; Judge Leonard absent;
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
Sawyer, Respondent, v. Page, Appellant.
1. Certificates of deposit are not within section 7 of the act concerning bills of exchange (R. C. 1845, p. 173) ; consequently no damages are allowable thereon by said act in case of non-payment.
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas.
JY. I). & G. P. Strong, for appellant.
T. C. Reynolds, for respondent.

Opinion:
Soott, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
As the judgment was entered for a greater sum than was due upon the instrument sued upon, its being a bare certificate of deposit and not a negotiable promissory note, it will be reversed and a proper judgment will be entered. The instrument does not contain the words necessary by the statute to entitle the holder to damages for its dishonor.
The points in this case were determined in the case of Hallowell et al. v. D. D. Page, at the present term. Judgment reversed and another judgment entered here ;
Judge Hyland concurring ; Judge Leonard absent;
the respondent to pay the costs of this court.