Miller v. Lake View State Bank

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Bessie Miller, brought this action against the defendant bank to recover the value of a check for $2,500, which she claimed the bank had cashed on an indorsement of her name, she being the páyee in the check, which endorsement was a. forgery. The issues joined were submitted to a jury, resulting in a finding in her favor for $2,500. To reverse that judgment the bank has perfected this appeal.

The plaintiff’s maiden name was Bessie Silverstein. In October, 1920, she married Benjamin F. Miller. The latter was in the…