· 3/29/1977
Pyramid Investments Co. v. Palmquist
Citations
- 553 F.2d 1194
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Common law forgery has three elenaents: (a) The false making or material alteration (b) with intent to defraud (c) of a writing which, if genuine, might be of legal efficacy.”
- purchaser's agreement to sign each traveler’s check at the time of purchase and to counter-sign the checks only in the presence of the person cashing them invalidated his attempt to authorize another to sign his name
- applying similar common law definition to federal forgery statute
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Judges: Chambers, Hufstedler, Kennedy
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