DiVincenti v. First Guaranty Bank

CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment granting a motion for new trial.

Plaintiff, Louis DiVincenti, filed suit against defendants First Guaranty Bank and Mrs. F.E. Patenotte for damages arising out of the cashing of forged checks. The checks in question were drawn on Pa-tenotte’s account at First Guaranty and were made payable to Myrtle or Clarence Hughes. Plaintiff had accepted the forged checks and had deposited them into his *713account at Central Progressive Bank. Upon discovery of the forgeries, First Guaranty paid Patenotte the amount of the forged checks and then…