Case Name: BANK OF ALEXANDRIA v. McCREA
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1829-11
Citations: 2 F. Cas. 607
Docket Number: 
Parties: BANK OF ALEXANDRIA v. McCREA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 607–607

Head Matter:
Case No. 849.
BANK OF ALEXANDRIA v. McCREA.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 649.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1829.
Banks and Banking—Ovekdkawal or Account —Evidence—Cashier a Competent Witness.
1. The cashier of a bank is a competent witness to prove that the defendant has overdrawn his account.
2. Payment of a check is prima facie evidence of funds.
[See Bank of United States v. Washington, Case No. 940.]
Assumpsit [by the Bank of Alexandria against John McCrea] 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 United States v. Wilson, [Case No. 943,] that the payment of a cheek by the bank was prima facie evidence of funds in bank to the amount •of the check.