Legal Opinion
People v. Susalla
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1974No. 17 June Term 1974, Docket No. 55,023PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
We are confronted by only one issue in this case: whether an individual who signs his or her own name to a company check, without authority to do so, is guilty of forgery. The trial court answered affirmatively; the Court of Appeals said no. We agree with the trial court. We therefore reaffirm the definition of forgery we used in In re Stout, 371 Mich 438; 124 NW2d 277 (1963), reverse the Court of Appeals and affirm the trial court.
I. FACTS
On November 7, 1970, defendant Eugene Martin Susalla purchased a red hunting suit and boots, paying for them with a business check of the M & J Uniform…
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