Poile v. Stockton Merchants Assn.

WARNS, J. pro tem. *

The Credit Bureau of Stockton, a corporation, appeals from a judgment awarding the plaintiff $3,500, together with interest thereon at the rate of 7 per cent per annum, plus costs, upon a claim for damages for negligence on the part of the defendants in failing to prosecute a claim for the collection of a certain cheek in the sum of $3,500 which plaintiff assigned to the Stockton Merchants Association, doing business under the name and style of Stockton Merchants Association Adjustment Bureau, for collection.

The facts most favorable to the plaintiff are these: On May 15,…