동 담보금은 변제공탁의 성질을 가진다고 보아 어음소지인이 사고 신고 담보금을 받은 이상 그 어음에 따른 모든 권리는 소멸한다고 판시하였다.
Considering that the security money had the nature of the deposit for payment, it was judged that as long as the holder of the bill had received the accident report security money, all rights under the bill would lapse.