Colonial Fur Ranching Co. v. First National Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the assignee of the St. Georges Bay Fur Company for money had and received to that corporation’s use “in the form of a check of the St. Georges Bay Fur Company dated February 20,1914, in the sum of $1,000.00 signed by its treasurer, Charles E. Walker, made payable to the First National Bank, received by said First National Bank in payment of private indebtedness or for the private benefit of said treasurer, with knowledge that the said check was drawn against…
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Contract by the assignee of the St. Georges Bay Fur Company for money had and received to that corporation’s use “in the form of a check of the St. Georges Bay Fur Company dated February 20,1914, in the sum of $1,000.00 signed by its treasurer, Charles E. Walker, made payable to the First National Bank, received by said First National Bank in payment of private indebtedness or for the private benefit of said treasurer, with knowledge that the said check was drawn against funds of the said St. Georges Bay Fur Company without authority.” Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The salient facts in this case are that there had been sent to the defendant for collection a note made by the Union Commercial Paper Company, bearing also the personal indorsement of one Walker, its treasurer, and of one Wing. The defendant sent notice to the Union Commercial Paper Company, maker, that the note had been forwarded to the defendant for collection. On its due date a representative of the maker presented to the defendant in payment of the note a check to the order of the defendant drawn by the St. Georges Bay Fur Company, signed by said Walker, he being treasurer of that…
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