Legal Opinion
Curtis v. HIBERNIA NAT. BANK IN JEFFERSON
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 14, 1988No. 87-CA-543PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
522 So.2d 705 (1988)
Ferdinand P. CURTIS,
v.
HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK in JEFFERSON PARISH.
No. 87-CA-543.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.
March 14, 1988.
Peter S. Thriffiley, Thomas J. Lutkewitte, Favret, Favret, Demarest & Russo, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
Edward J. Mozier, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and GOTHARD, JJ.
GRISBAUM, Judge.
The principal question presented is whether a depositary of money (Hibernia National Bank, the appellant) in paying on forged items spends its own funds or those of its depositor (the original plaintiff-appellee).…
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- Ortego v. OrtegoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
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