Jackson v. Wells Fargo Bank

Opinion

HAERLE, J.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In February 1993 appellant presented a cashier’s check to the branch manager of respondent’s Oakland civic center branch. The cashier’s check had been purchased by him over four years earlier, in 1988. For a variety of reasons, respondent’s officials suspected the cashier’s check was counterfeit and summoned the Oakland police, who arrived and arrested appellant as he was waiting in the bank lobby. Respondent subsequently discovered that the cashier’s check was, indeed, valid. It notified the police and municipal court to this effect,…