Cardillo v. Torquato

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

The principal question here is whether the defendants, private bankers, were agents of the plaintiff, or contracted to perform an independent undertaking under a receipt of the defendants. Defendants’ place of business was in the borough of Windber, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff desired to establish a credit in the Postal Savings Bank of Italy, and for that purpose gave American money to the defendants, who signed a receipt: “Received from Mr. Mauro Catena Cardillo, Italian Lire twenty-six thousand for deposit with the Postal Savings Bank of Rome, for account of Mauro…