Ray v. Farmers' State Bank of Hart

POPE, Justice.

The question presented is whether Mrs. Nora Ray, the drawer, or Farmers’ State Bank of Hart, Texas, the drawee, is liable for the loss occasioned by a check that a third party altered. In a case tried before the court without a jury, Mrs. Ray recovered judgment for $1,850.00, which was the amount of the alteration. The court of civil appeals reversed the judgment and rendered judgment that Mrs. Ray take nothing. 565 S.W.2d 103. We reverse the judgment of the court of civil appeals and affirm that of the trial court.

The controlling issue in the case is whether Mrs. Ray was…