Harlem Co-operative Bldg. & Loan Ass'n v. Mercantile Trust Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by the Harlem Co-operative Building Sc Loan Association against the Mercantile Trust Company. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
This action was brought to recover $3,137.18, the amount represented by five checks drawn by the plaintiff to the order of certain parties against its banking account with the defendant, and paid by the latter upon such account, it being claimed that the indorsements of the payees designated were forgeries. The checks were drawn at the instance of the plaintiff’s secretary, one Beardsley, for payment to members of the association of moneys which, according to the purport of withdrawal notices presented by this individual to the plaintiff’s directors, were called for by these members upon *791their…
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