Legal Opinion
Stumpp v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action to recover money paid on a forged check.
1Opinion of the CourtGreenbaum, J.
The evidence establishes that during the year 1917 plaintiffs had a general deposit account with the defendant, and also a similar account with the Bank of New York; that during the months of May and June, 1916, one Herbert Pratt, a confidential bookkeeper in the employ of the plaintiffs, forged a series of checks on the Bank of New York, aggregating, up to July 1, 1916, the sum of $5,400; that on July 2, 1917, Pratt forged a check drawn upon the defendant to the order of the Bank of New York in the sum of $5,000; that this check was deposited in the Bank of New York by the forger to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Critten v. Chemical National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Frank v. . Chemical Nat'l Bank of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by3 opinions
- Stumpp v. Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Rudisill Soil Pipe Co. v. First Nat. Bank of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Morgan v. First National Bank in AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954