Legal Opinion
Emerson v. American Exp. Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 17, 1952No. 1218PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
In Naples, Italy in November,' 1946, Claude" L. Emerson purchased from American Express Co., S. A. I., correspondent of American Express Company (appellee in this case) fifty-one travelers’ checks having a total face value of $5010., As is usual in such transactions, he signed an 'application for the purchase of the checks and, at the company’s office at the time of purchase, signed each check in the upper left-hand corner. Immediately thereafter, and contrary to his written agreement to countersign the checks “only at time of encashment and in the presence of the payer,”…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Pines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Hibbs v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Gruntal v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- American Express Co. v. Anadarko Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thomas C. Cook, Inc. v. Rowhanian, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1989
- ADJMI v. American Express Co., Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County1959
- Rosenfeld v. First National City BankCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
- Thomas C. Cook, Inc. v. Rowhanian, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1989