Universal Carloading & Distributing Co. v. South Side Bank

Plaintiff sued defendant to recover the total sum of $568.53 alleged to be the aggregate amount of ten checks made payable to plaintiff and which were wrongfully indorsed by plaintiff's employee and collected from the drawee banks by the defendant.

The sufficiency of the petition is questioned and for that reason it will be set out in full with the exception of the introductory paragraphs alleging corporate capacity of plaintiff and defendant. All the balance of the petition reads as follows:

"Plaintiff, for its cause of action states that one Nan Brown, at all times hereinafter mentioned, was…