Professional Investment Corp. v. Mesquite State Bank

BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellant Professional Investment Corporation sued Mesquite State Bank, ap-pellee, to recover money which appellant had on deposit in said bank. The amount in controversy is the aggregate of four checks drawn by appellant against its account in the appellee bank,* payable to ap-pellee. The verdict of the jury was favorable to appellant, but the trial court rendered judgment against it notwithstanding the verdict.

Appellee pled that the four checks were presented to it by one Gene Bruton, an agent and employee of appellant, and that at his request appellee issued four…