155 N.Y.S. 1010 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1915
This case has been submitted upon the following agreed statement of facts: On or about September 11, 1914, one Richard B. Whitlock opened an account with the defendant bank by depositing two certified checks made to the order of Whitlock. One was drawn by Lang Bergstrom Company on the Bank of Italy, San Francisco, for $2,400, and the other by Boyd, Kerr & McLean on the American National Bank of San Francisco for $2,200. The $2,-400 was never paid, while the defendant received the $2,200 from the bank in San Francisco. No other deposits were ever made to this account. On September 23, 1914, the defendant bank received notice from the attorney of Boyd, Kerr & McLean that Whitlock had received a number of certified checks from contractors on the false representation that he was acting as commercial agent of Hayti and San Domingo in connection with the erection jointly by these two govern
It is conceded that Whitlock obtained the $2,400 as a bid check and a number of other certified checks from exposition contractors amounting to $30,000. Neither of the governments of Hayti or San Domingo authorized any building at the Panama Exposition or authorized Whit-lock to ask for bids or obtain any bid checks. A federal warrant has been issued for the arrest of Whitlock for misuse of the mail in connection with obtaining these bids from contractors in San Francisco.
Judgment for the defendant.- Submit findings and decree.