Ray v. Farmers' State Bank of Hart

576 S.W.2d 607 (1979)

Nora RAY, Petitioner,

v.

FARMERS' STATE BANK OF HART, Texas, Respondent.

No. B-7649.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 17, 1979.

Moran & Miller, Dimmitt, Whittenburg Law Firm, Amarillo, Cary Schachter, Amarillo, for petitioner.

Gibson, Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins, A. B. Hankins and Danny M. Needham, Amarillo, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

The question presented is whether Mrs. Nora Ray, the drawer, or Farmers' State Bank of Hart, Texas, the drawee, is liable for the loss occasioned by a check that a third party altered. In a case tried before the court without a jury, Mrs.…