Meyer v. Chas. Rosenheim & Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 48 — Action by Charles Rosenheim 6 Co. against H. L. Meyer to Recover the Amount Collected by Meyer, by Forged Endorsements on Plaintiff’s Checks. APPEAL FROM M’CRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. 1. We contend that the petition in this case is not good. It does not allege that plaintiffs lost any money by any act of Meyer because of having cashed the cheeks.
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Case 48 — Action by Charles Rosenheim 6 Co. against H. L. Meyer to Recover the Amount Collected by Meyer, by Forged Endorsements on Plaintiff’s Checks. APPEAL FROM M’CRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. 1. We contend that the petition in this case is not good. It does not allege that plaintiffs lost any money by any act of Meyer because of having cashed the cheeks. Plaintiffs do not intimate that the persons who drew the checks have been released from their debts to appellees, nor do they allege that their bank did not account to them for all money which they…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion oe the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Aefirmins.
Appellees are wholesale merchants in Louisville. They had in their employ a bookkeeper named Altman, who forged their name on the back of checks belonging to them, *412and then delivered the cheeks to appellant, who paid him the money on them or sold him jewelry therefor. 'Appellant then collected the checks from the banks on whom they were drawn. Appellees, on discovering the forgery and the misappropriation of their, property, brought this action against appellant to recover of him the amount he had collected on these checks belonging to them under…
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