EMERSON v. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.

No. 1017.

78 A.2d 862 (1951)

EMERSON v. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Armstrong, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William B. Harvey, Washington, D. C., with whom Howard Boyd, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

The complaint in this case alleged that plaintiff purchased in Naples, Italy, thirty travelers checks, each in the face amount of $100, issued by the defendant; that plaintiff thereafter notified defendant that the checks had been lost or stolen and that they should not be honored if presented for payment. It further alleged that an Italian court had ordered defendant to reimburse plaintiff for the checks...

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