Leonard v. National Bank of West Virginia at Wheeling

Berry, Judge:

This action was instituted in the Circuit Court of Ohio County by J. P. Leonard against the National Bank of West Virginia at Wheeling, a National Banking Association, to recover money paid by the Bank from Leonard’s account on an alleged forged check in the amount of $3600. The plaintiff’s complaint is based entirely on the forgery of the check in question and the defense set up in the answer filed by the defendant is that the plaintiff is barred from recovery by reason of his own negligence in the drawing of the check and that the check bore the true signature of the plaintiff…