United States v. Kings County Trust Co.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

The facts in this case are as follows: Sixty-four pension cheeks dated respectively between the 4th day of November, 1924, and the 4th day of July, 1931, and aggregating $2,250 in all, were issued by the plaintiff and were made payable to Ann Virginia Vaughan, Brooklyn, N. Y. Aim Virginia Vaughan, the payee, had died previous to the issuance of the first cheek, but these checks came into the possession of her daughter, Blanche Fuller. She forged the indorsement of her mother and negotiated the checks to one Nativi, who presumably paid the said Blanche Fuller the…