Legal Opinion

First National City Bank v. Compania De Aguaceros, S. A.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 27, 1968No. 24137PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the liability vel non of the First National City Bank of New York (Bank) for having cashed forged checks of the Compañía de Aguaceros, S. A., (Depositor). The villainous artful forger, Carlos Echeverría, has clouded the equities between the two protagonists not only by his consummate calligraphic talents but also by his position as the Depositor's agent and auditor in Panama. The district court below discarded a relevant Panamanian statute as being vague and inconclusive, found the proximate cause of Echeverria’s success to be the Bank’s negligence,…

2Cases cited38 opinions

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3Cited by11 opinions

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