LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN DALLAS

No. 15245.

239 S.W.2d 738 (1951)

LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN DALLAS et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chrestman, Brundidge, Fountain, Elliott & Bateman, of Dallas, for appellant.

Coke & Coke, of Dallas, for appellee First Nat. Bank in Dallas.

Malone, Lipscomb, & Seay, of Dallas, for appellee First Nat. Bank of Fort Worth.

Greines & Greines, of Fort Worth, for appellees Henry Merino and Walter Jarvis.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

From 1946 to 1949 Willard Hill was employed by appellant to handle claims arising under insurance policies issued by appellant. Hill prepared a large number of spurious claims, and obtained possession of bank checks issued by appellant, for the purpose of paying such claims. The checks involved in the present suit, aggregating the sum of $6750.86, were drawn on the First National Bank in Dallas, appellee herein. Hill obtained payment on the...

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