Rodgers v. W. T. Grant Co.

BOYD, Justice.

After Mary J. Rodgers gave a check for $5.14 to W. T. Grant Company, in payment for merchandise, she closed a special bank account on which the check was drawn and opened a new checking account at the same bank. When she discovered that the check had not cleared the old account she advised the Company. In turn, the store manager told Mrs. Rodgers that if her telephone number was on the check she would be notified when the check was returned so that payment could be made. Unknown to the Company, Mrs. Rodgers had unwittingly transposed two of the digits in her telephone number…