Parlange v. Faurès

The defendant, a broker, sold to the plaintiff a note for twelve hundred dollars in amount, signed by H. A. Lee, containing the forged endorsement of a responsible party, without disclosing the name of his principal, on whose account he procured the discount of the paper. The proceeds were eleven hundred dollars.

*445The plaintiff, having discovered the forgery after the drawer of the note had absconded and the note had matured, brought this suit against the defendant to recover the amount of the same, with costs of protest and interest.

It is not pretended that defendant had any knowledge of the…