Stebbins v. Georgia Power Co.

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Gail Duffie Stebbins, as guardian for her mother Eleanor Duffie, appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Georgia Power Company. Stebbins sued Georgia Power to recover $11,163.03 paid out of her mother’s account with allegedly forged checks. The checks were used to pay the electric bills of two companies, Duffers Golf & Games and Carousel Child Care.

Stebbins claimed that Georgia Power wrongfully refused to return the $11,163.03 because it should have known her mother’s signature was forged and should have realized that something was wrong when…