Transportes Aereos Portugueses v. Maiato Travel Center, Inc.

This is an action of “tort and contract” in which a foreign airline has sued an incorporated travel agency and also its sole stockholder, manager and employee individually. The individual defendant issued three checks on the account of the corporation which were dishonored for insufficient funds after the airline had issued tickets for use by travellers which were in fact used for overseas travel. Summaryjudgment issued against the travel agency. After trial, the court found in favor of the airline against the individual defendant for the total sum of the checks.

Maiato, the individual…