Hunter v. Murphy

This is an action of contract. The plaintiff seeks to recover $130.00 claimed by him to be due on a check, which check had been signed in blank by the defendant and came into the possession of the plaintiff under the circumstances and in the manner below stated:

The plaintiff is in the wholesale jewelry business with place of business at 333 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. About March 1, 1942, one William Pennfield selected a diamond bracelet and one single diamond for which he gave a check for $130.00 in payment thereof. This check bore the signature of Margaret Murphy, the defendant;…