Case Name: Bank of Alexandria v. John McCrea
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1829-11
Citations: 3 Cranch 649
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bank of Alexandria v. John McCrea.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 649–649

Head Matter:
Bank of Alexandria v. John McCrea.
The cashier of a hank is a competent witness to prove that the defendant has overdrawn his account.
Payment of a check is prima facie evidence' of funds.
Assumpsit, for money overdrawn.
Mr. Swann, for the defendant,
objected to the testimony of Mr. McKenna, the cashier of the bank, because he would be liable if he received the money and did not credit it.

Opinion:
The Court, however, (nem. con.) overruled the objection; because it was not attempted to be shown that the money was paid to him ; and because, if it was paid to him, and he had not credited it, he would be liable to the defendant, or to the bank.
The Court also said, that they had decided at Washington, in Bank of the United States v. Wilson, ante, 213, that the payment of a check by the bank was primd facie evidence of funds in bank to the amount of the check.