Los Angeles Investment Co. v. Home Savings Bank of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtOlney, J.
This is an action to recover $16,009.20, the aggregate of certain checks drawn by the plaintiff upon its deposit account with the defendant bank and paid by the latter on forged indorsements. The defendant had judgment in the court below and the plaintiff appeals.
The material facts are not in dispute, and are these:
The plaintiff is a large concern in Los Angeles, engaged in many lines of the real estate business. Among other activities it acted as a solicitor and broker, of fire insurance, and had a separate department for attending to this class of business. The manager of this department…
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