Allen v. M. Mendelsohn & Son

The Illinois Central Railroad Company in its office in Chicago prepared a check on a hank in St. Louis, payable to appellant, and forwarded it to its disbursing agent at Birmingham to be delivered to appellant in payment for services performed by him for the company. In some way unknown to the company or its employé, appellant, but probably by larceny or fraudulent impersonation of the payee, plaintiff, the check fell into the hands of a stranger, an imposter, who forged appellant’s indorsement, and passed the check to appellees in payment for merchandise. Appellees collected the money from…