Benge v. Michigan National Bank

Plaintiff brought this action in assumpsit in the circuit court to recover money paid out by defendant on forged checks and charged to her account. The cause was submitted and determined on a stipulation of facts. In 1939 the plaintiff, then Dorothy I. Shaft, opened a commercial account in the Central National Bank of Battle Creek, Michigan. At that time she signed a signature card containing a statement that she agreed to certain rules and regulations appearing on reverse side of said card. Among such rules was one authorizing the bank to give notices to depositors personally, or by mail, or…