COFFIN v. FIDELITY-PHILA. TR. CO.


374 Pa. 378 (1953)

Coffin, Appellant, v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Biddle, with him John Ames Ballard and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, for appellants.

Thomas B.K. Ringe, with him Clinton W. Frontz and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, June 26, 1953:

The plaintiffs in this assumpsit action sought to recover from the defendant bank the amount of ten checks totalling $75,948.62 drawn by certain predecessor partnerships (in which certain of the plaintiffs were partners) on an account in the defendant bank, on which checks the payees' names were forged by one Neil J. Sullivan. At the time of these events Sullivan was a partner in the firms on whose behalf the checks were...

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