White v. First National Bank of Scotia

Appeal from orders and judgments of the County Court, Schenectady County, granting summary judgment in favor of respondent Stanley White against appellant and dismissing appellant’s third-party complaint against respondent State Bank of Albany on the merits. Stanley G. White, who had a joint checking account with his wife, Emma C. White, in appellant bank purportedly wrote his name as “ S. G. White ” and included his address on the back of one of his blank cheeks and gave it to a stranger. Thereafter someone allegedly filled out the face of the check in the amount of $300 naming Emma J. White…