Davis v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is forgery by endorsement; the punishment, 2 years.

Mrs. Mabel B. Davis of Houston had a claim on Reserve Life Insurance Company of Dallas growing out of a hospital benefit policy she had with said company on December 16, 1955. A check in payment of such claim was sent to the Houston office of said company, where the appellant was employed as supervisor, and, according to Mrs. Ann Smith, a secretary, it was turned over to the appellant, along with other checks, for delivery to the payees.

Mrs. Davis never saw the check until she went to the home office of…