United States v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.

WYATT, District Judge.

This is a motion by the government, plaintiff here, for summary judgment in its favor against both defendants (Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(a)).

The action is based on endorsements by the two defendants of a series of 15 checks, each for $64.70, drawn by the Regional Disbursing Officer of the Treasury Department in 1955 and 1956 and which directed the Treasurer of the United States through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “Federal Reserve”) to pay the amounts of the checks to the order of Edward E. Scott. The checks were social security payments and were sent through the…