National Surety Co. v. President & Directors of the Manhattan Co.

This action was brought by the National Surety Company, as assignee of Tucker, Anthony & Company, to recover from the defendant, President and Directors of the Manhattan Company, a banking corporation with which Tucker, Anthony & Company maintained an account, the sum of $14,682.59, with interest. That sum had been debited to the account of the depositor, Tucker, Anthony & Company, because of payments made by the defendant, the Manhattan Bank, upon checks drawn by the depositor in favor of certain payees, whose apparent indorsements on the checks had been forged.

Tucker, Anthony & Company was…