Case Name: American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, v. Empire Trust Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-02
Citations: 241 A.D. 669
Docket Number: 
Parties: American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, v. Empire Trust Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 241
Pages: 669–670

Head Matter:
American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, v. Empire Trust Company, Respondent.
Affd., 265 N. Y. -.

Opinion:
Judgment modified to the extent of granting the plaintiff judgment for $206.50, with interest thereon from September 13, 1929, and as so modified affirmed, without costs, upon the following grounds: The cheek issued by Barstow & Co., dated September 13, 1929, for $206.50, was drawn to the order of a fictitious person, and was not indorsed by the payee named in the check. The indorsement of said cheek by Hannah Maresca was a forgery, committed at the request of her son, the dishonest employee of Barstow & Co., at whose instance the check in question was issued to the fictitious payee, S. Maresca. Present — Finch, P. J., Merrell, Townley, Glennon and Untermyer, JJ.