Merchants' Bank v. National Capital Press, Inc.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

By declaration in the common counts, appellee sped appellant in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for the amount of 22 checks, payable to the order of plaintiff, which were cashed by defendant bank. The bookkeeper of plaintiff extracted the checks from the mail, credited the accounts of the customers from whom they were received, indorsed the checks in plaintiff’s name, cashed them at defendant bank, and appropriated the proceeds to_ his own use. The checks were collected by defendant from the respective banks on which they were drawn. It is conceded…