F. J. Vanbibber & Co. v. Bank of Louisiana

Messrs. Roche & Esclapon, having purchased a lot of sugar of plaintiffs, the latter sent, on the 30th November, 1858, their collector, J. F. Butler, to collect the price thereof.

The purchasers gave their check for $1,335 98, the amount of the bill, on the Bank of Louisiana, payable to plaintiffs or order.

The collector appears to have forged the signature of the payees, and to have presented the check personally, or by a third party, to the bank, upon the day of its execution, and then to have absconded with its proceeds.

This action is to compel the bank to pay to the payees the amount of the…