Joffe v. Riggs National Bank

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Dr. Seymour L. Joffe, a dentist, sued the Riggs National Bank, his depositary, for $3,000, the approximate sum alleged to have been paid out by the bank on forged indorsements of his name as payee. From a verdict for defendant bank, plaintiff appeals.

The facts are these: Since 1954 plaintiff has maintained a regular checking account at the Park Road Branch of the Riggs National Bank. Signature cards bearing his signature were on file at the bank. Upon establishing his own practice in August 1956, Dr. Joffe employed as his assistant one Marcia Hancock, who had…