Frontier Van Lines, Inc. v. Maryland Bank & Trust Co.

In this case; we are called upon- once, again to consider the application of the doctrine of res judicata. Frontier Van Lines, Inc. (Frontier), a Kansas corporation engaged in the moving business, has a branch office in Lexington Park, Maryland, since a larjge part of its business consists of 'moving service personnel to and from the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. When Frontier discovered that a substantial number of Unite'd'States Treasury checks issued to it had been converted to his own use by C. Jerry Groh, an officer of Frontier, Frontier turned its efforts to recouping its loss. ...

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