Strickland Transportation Co. v. First State Bank

Petitioner, Strickland Transportation Company, a corporation, operating a motor truck line, employed one John W. Akard as its commission agent in Memphis, Texas. His duties included picking up and delivering freight transported by petitioner; he was authorized to accept checks of customers payable to petitioner for freight charges; but he was not authorized to indorse or cash these checks, only certain officers of the petitioner being so authorized.

Akard served as petitioner’s employee for about four weeks in December, 1945, and January, 1946. During that time he received for freight charges…