Legal Opinion
Rice v. Peoples Savings Bank
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 1926No. 19941. Department OnePublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
— Two causes of action were involved herein, one to recover the sum of $2,317.50, and the second for $52, as the proceeds of two checks.
The pleadings disclosed that respondents, a copart-nership, with their principal place of business in San Francisco, California, maintained a branch office in Seattle, with one H. M. Watts as manager. Watts received the two checks which were payable to the firm, endorsed them in the name of the firm by himself as manager, and placed the proceeds in his personal account in the bank of appellant. The authority of Watts to endorse and deposit the checks is…
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