Casper v. Wallace
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal by defendants from judgment entered upon verdict of jury in favor of plaintiff. The action was for damages for conversion of check. The court directed a verdict for plaintiff. The facts in the case appear fully in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Sedgwick, Ch. J.
The following facts appeared in testimony. The defendants, through one of their firm, bqugh't in Washington, of one Strasburger, his *148stock of goods for cash, about January 10, 1882. The '’agreement implied was that in part payment of the cash, he should give to Strasburger, the defendants’ check on a bank in New York, for $3,500. For the purpose of drawing such a check, Strasburger handed to him a blank check on a Washington bank. He struck out the name of the bank, but intentionally omitted to write in the name of defendants’ bank. And also intentionally,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bills v. . National Park Bank of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1882