Hawkins v. Windhorst

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover the proceeds of a protested bank check for the sum of $500, drawn upon her account by her husband, Fred Windhorst. The petition alleged that defendant’s husband was her agent, duly authorized to sign her name to checks on the bank, and generally to conduct the business of defendant with the bank as fully as she *675herself might do. It also alleged that the defendant, by her agent, for a valuable consideration, delivered the check in question for the use of the plaintiff, and that afterward the same…