Screenland Magazine, Inc. v. National City Bank

This is an action by the plaintiff, a depositor, to recover $35,600.18 paid out by its bank, the defendant, upon ninety-five forged checks of the plaintiff, and charged to the plaintiff’s bank account. These ninety-five checks, with three exceptions, were payable to the order of Joshua Superior, the plaintiff’s treasurer and office manager.

Under a corporate resolution adopted by the plaintiff and filed with the bank, it was required that checks, to be valid, had to be signed by any two of certain designated officers and employees. Each of the forged checks bears the genuine signature of…