United States v. National Exchange Bank of Baltimore

This is a suit brought by the United States to recover the difference between the amount to which a check paid by it had been fraudulently raised and the amount for which the check was drawn. The case was heard upon a demurrer to the declaration and the judgment was for the defendant both in the District Court and in the Circuit Court of Appeals, 1 Fed. (2d) 888. The facts alleged are as follows: A disbursing clerk drew a United States Veterans’ Bureau check upon the Treasurer of the United States in favor of .one Beck, for $47.50. Aftér it was issued the check was changed so as to call for…