Valley Bank & Trust Co. v. Zions First National Bank

OAKS, Justice:

Defendant Zions Bank presented two cashier’s checks for $12,500 to plaintiff Valley Bank and received payment. These cashier’s checks, on which Valley Bank was drawer and drawee, were payable to “Peck & Shaw Fine Cars” and to an individual joint payee, Steven J. Gibbs on one check and Jeffrey Olson on the other. When paid by Valley Bank, each check was endorsed with the name of both joint payees and also bore Zions Bank’s notation, “PEG” (prior endorsements guaranteed). After Valley Bank learned that the Peck & Shaw endorsements were forgeries, it brought this action against…