Legal Opinion
DiMonda v. Freedom Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 15, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, a depositor of the defendant Freedom Federal Savings & Loan Association (Freedom) purchased from Freedom a check for $2,500 payable to Spallieri Francesco. The check was drawn by Freedom on the defendant The First National Bank of Boston (First National) and entrusted to John Grosso, an employee of Stabile & Co. Travel Agency Inc., with instructions to mail it to Francesco in Italy. In his complaint, filed in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the plaintiff alleged that Grosso forged Francesco’s name and cashed the check at First National. Freedom’s motion to dismiss…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- United States v. First National Bank of BostonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1967
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