Legal Opinion
First American State Bank v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 27, 1964PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeilfuss, J.
On this appeal we have determined that the unsigned copies of invoices in question and the written assignments of accounts receivable which these invoice copies purported to represent were neither counterfeited nor forged as to the signature of any person signing in any capacity.
In holding that no forgery as to signature exists in this case, we must decline to follow the lead of the Seventh circuit in Security Nat. Bank v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. (1957), 246 Fed. (2d) 582, holding on facts almost identical to ours that unsigned copies of invoices were forged. That case relied on Quick Service…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rockland-Atlas National Bank v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
3Cited by13 opinions
- The Exchange National Bank of Olean v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Maryland Casualty Company v. State Bank & Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Capitol Bank of Chicago v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Transamerica Ins. Co. v. Whitney National Bank of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- The First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, a Corporation, and John FawcettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
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