Weaver v. Detroit Bank

Plaintiff on October 2, 1947, possessed' a cashier’s check issued to him by defendant bank through its branch bank, in the amount of $3,000. On the noted date one Coakley surreptitiously obtained possession of the cashier’s check and by forgery the $3,000 was obtained on or about October 6, 1947. Through eleáring house operations, defendant bank paid the check, which had never been indorsed by plaintiff or by any other person with plaintiff’s consent. On the morning of October 3,1947, plaintiff by telephone advised the branch bank that the cashier’s check had been lost or stolen and was told…