Missouri Pacific Railroad v. M. M. Cohn Co.

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). The judgment of the circuit court was right. This case is ruled by the principles of law decided in Cureton v. Farmers’ State Bank, 147 Ark. 312. In that case Cureton drew checks payable to A. J. Carmon and delivered them to H. Y. Carmon, believing him to be A. J. Carmon. H. Y. Carmon forged the name of A. J. Carmon on the checks, and gave them to some merchants in payment of goods purchased from them. The checks were presented by the merchants to the bank upon which they were drawn, and were paid by it out of funds on deposit to the credit of Cureton.…