Judge v. West Philadelphia Title & Trust Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 211, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Oo., June T., 1913, No. 2896, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John P. Judge v. West Philadelphia Title and Trust Company. . Assumpsit to recover the amount of two checks alleged to have been wrongfully charged to the plaintiff’s account as a depositor.
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Appeal, No. 211, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Oo., June T., 1913, No. 2896, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John P. Judge v. West Philadelphia Title and Trust Company. . Assumpsit to recover the amount of two checks alleged to have been wrongfully charged to the plaintiff’s account as a depositor. Before Carr, J. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was a depositor in the defendant’s bank, which also had a deposit' account of Walter H. Hays, Secretary. Upon September 21, 1912, Zelley, who was not known to the defendant, presented for…
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Portee, J.,
John P. Judge, the plaintiff, was a depositor in the defendant’s bank. Upon September 21, 1912, Zelley, who was not known to the defendant’s teller, presented for payment two checks, purporting to have been drawn by Hays, Secretary, one for $300, to the order of Biesantz, and the other for $150, to the order of Sullivan, both endorsed by the payees and Zelley. The teller refused to cash the checks unless they were endorsed by a depositor of the bank and at Zelley’s request, Judge endorsed both checks. The endorsements were unrestricted. The bank discovered that -the…
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