Potter v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This is an appeal from judgment on a verdict in a suit to recover money paid under mistake of fact. For severál'yéars fóllo'wing June, 1914J plaintiff paid'freight bills due defendant by handing to its freight agent checks drawn to defendant’s order in amounts stated ’ by the agent at'the time of payment to be the total, of a lot of bills then delivered to. plaintiff, ihetbjils. having accumulated because plaintiff was on defendant’s credit, list. Plaintiff, did not .verify the . additions until after discovering, the-agent’s dishonesty-in October, 1917-;- then he audited…