Legal Opinion
Parsons Travel, Inc. v. Hoag
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 10, 1977No. 4780-1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.
Facts of Case
This is a controversy between a depositor and its bank to determine which of them must bear the loss resulting from checks forged on the depositor's account by the depositor's bookkeeper and paid by the bank.
Parsons Travel, Inc. (depositor) is in the travel agency business. Its main office is in Bellingham and it has offices in other northwestern Washington locations. It maintained a checking account in the Northwestern Commercial Bank (bank) in Bellingham. The depositor's books were handled by its full charge bookkeeper, Edith M. Hoag (bookkeeper), whose duties included keeping…
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