Oak Park Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Maropoulos

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Oak Park Currency Exchange, Inc. (plaintiff) brought action against James Maropoulos (defendant). Plaintiff’s theory was that a check for *3564 had been endorsed by defendant and cashed by plaintiff and that the prior endorsement of the payee was a forgery. After all of the evidence was presented, the trial court directed a jury verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Defendant testified that on several occasions, his friend John Bugay had asked for assistance in cashing checks. On these occasions, defendant had accompanied Bugay to…