Roark v. Ikerd

MARVIN, Judge.

In this appeal the sole issue is whether the receipt by a bank-subscriber of a newspaper, containing an obituary, that was routinely mailed by the publisher is notice in writing ... of the death of the customer under LRS 6:325 A, which might impose liability on the bank, after the customer's death, for honoring checks written on the account, allegedly for his own use, by the customer’s son who was authorized to write checks on the account before the customer's death.

We affirm the judgment rejecting the demands of the plaintiff-heirs of the decedent against the bank.

THE FACTS

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