Legal Opinion
Manufacturers' Bank of Cohoes v. Prudential Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1918PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action to recover for money had and received.
1Opinion of the CourtRudd, J.
The plaintiff brings this action to recover $5,541.57 for money had and received by the defendant from the plaintiff.
The facts from which this action arises tell an interesting story of successful criminal acts on the part of Ira J. Bayliss, who succeeded in stealing during a period from December, 1906, to February 18, 1908, from the plaintiff the sum of money for which this action is brought.
Bayliss was the assistant superintendent in the city of Cohoes of the defendant insurance company. He placed industrial insurance, collected premiums and in the case of the death of the insured policy…
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