Almar Building & Loan Ass'n v. Broad Street Trust Co.

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This was an action in assumpsit by the South Penn Building and Loan Association, subsequently merged with the Almar Building and Loan Association, which was substituted as party plaintiff, against the Broad Street Trust Company to recover back money alleged to have been paid out upon a forged endorsement.

This was the second trial of the case. Appellee showed that it was a depositor in the appellant bank, and that it drew a check upon the bank on October 6, 1926, in the sum of $1,500 payable to the order of Lester M. Swang, which check was paid by the appellant on…