In April, Anheuser-Busch Co. -- based in St. Louis, Missouri -- wrote a $5,000 check intended for the state Republican Party.Instead, the envelope was addressed to the state Democratic Party, which promptly deposited the money.
...Democrats say they have sent a refund check back to Anheuser-Busch: "Nobody should expect us to write a check to the Republican Party," said Lachlan McIntosh, the Democratic Party's executive director.
The article doesn't answer my question, what bank would allow someone to deposit a check made out to someone else without that other person's (or in this case party's) endorsement?
And yes, Mr. McIntosh, unless there was a reason other than childish petulance, I would expect someone who had received a check by mistake to immediately forward the funds to the person/party for whom they had been intended as soon as the mistake was discovered.
Posted by marybeth at August 8, 2005 04:31 PM Box of Rocks