Van Geem v. Skokie Trust & Savings Bank

This is an appeal from a judgment for $1568 in favor of plaintiff as the holder of a check on which, .after certification by defendant bank, payment was refused. The bank defends on the ground that the check was certified through a mistake and fraud committed by plaintiff in a scheme to put himself in the position of the holder of a certified check. The bank contends that such defenses may be properly made because the rights of no third party have intervened. What plaintiff did was unique and devious and to understand it requires a detailed account of the facts.

The controversy grows out of a…