Edgerton v. Preston

Appellants, Edgerton and Sloan,'werepartners in the making of veneers, the business being carried on under the firm name of the “ Garden City Veneer Mills.” They sold goods from time to time to the Chicago Cottage Organ Company, in payment for which the organ company drew its checks on appellees, who were bankers doing business under the firm name of Preston, Kean & Co. These cheeks were drawn payable to the order of the Garden City Veneer Mills, the checks in suit being for the respective sums of $100, $292.62 and $214.96. Birch, an employe of appellants, indorsed the checks “Garden City…