Dispatch Printing Co. v. National Bank of Commerce
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,-246.88, the total amount of twenty-two checks which were drawn on defendant to the order of the Dispatch Printing Company and were paid by defendant.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,-246.88, the total amount of twenty-two checks which were drawn on defendant to the order of the Dispatch Printing Company and were paid by defendant. The complaint alleged that M. A. Sturm was a solicitor of advertising for plaintiff; that the drawer of each check made it payable to the plaintiff and delivered it to Sturm to be delivered to plaintiff; that Sturm wrongfully and without any authority so to do indorsed it as follows: “The Dispatch Ptg. Co.” “St. Paul Dispatch, Minneapolis Dept., M. A. Sturm, Mgr.” “Pay to the order…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Plaintiff, Dispatch Printing Company, is a corporation organized under the laws of this state, doing business at St. Paul and publisher of the St. Paul Dispatch. In 1901 it employed one Sturm and placed him in charge of its advertising department at Minneapolis, with authority to solicit advertising from the merchants of that city and to collect and remit to plaintiff all accounts due therefor. He was paid for his services a commission of fifteen per cent, of all amounts received for advertising secured by him. From the date of his employment in 1901 until 1906, when he died, he made his…
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