Owens v. Wood

CATES, Judge.

• This ' appeal was submitted on written argument May 5, 1966.

Wood, in an action against Owens as the purported payee of two checks, recovered judgment for $438.43 based on verdict. •

The principal question on appeal is whether or not one Jack Mays had authority to negotiate the checks.

I

Mays came into Wood’s Grocery in South Gadsden on September 15, 1959. He presented a check of even date drawn by Mrs. John R. Draper to the order of Dixie Floor Sales Company on The First National Bank of Gadsden. The amount was $58.40.

The reverse bears the following:

“Dixie Floor Sales Co.

1407 So.…