ASHFORD v. THOS. COOK & SON (BANKERS) LTD.

No. 4874.

471 P.2d 530 (1970)

Curtis H. ASHFORD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOS. COOK & SON (BANKERS) LTD. and Thos. Cook & Son, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Patrick O'Connor, Honolulu (A. William Barlow, Honolulu, with him on the briefs), for defendants-appellants.

Stuart M. Cowan, Honolulu (Greenstein & Cowan, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASKI, JJ.


ABE, Justice.

On June 24, 1964, defendant, Thos. Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd., sold and delivered travelers checks totaling $25,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Kochton at their home in the suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Kochton was at home at the time of delivery and he signed his name to one-half of the checks on the lower left hand corner in the presence of an agent for Thomas Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd., as required by its regulation. However, Mrs. Kochton was not at...

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