Legal Opinion
Kleinman v. Chase National Bank
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided December 18, 1924PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wagner, J.:
The plaintiff instituted this suit against the defendant Chase National Bank to recover the sum of $657.50 paid by it on a check of which plaintiff was maker and upon which was forged the name of the payee. Judgment was awarded plaintiff by the court below. The defendant Chase National Bank on this appeal contends that the court below erred in holding that section 326 of the Negotiable Instruments. Law has no application to forged indorsements.
Section 326 of the Negotiable Instruments Law provides:
“ Recovery of forged check. No bank shall be liable to a depositor for the payment by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Morgan v. United States Mortgage & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Natl. Bank of CommerceNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- North British & Mercantile Insurance v. Merchants' National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Packard v. WindholzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Lennon v. . GrauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
3Cited by10 opinions
- American Sash & Door Co. v. Commerce Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Merchants Nat. Bk. v. Continental Nat. Bk.California Court of Appeal · 1929
- Scott v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- Atwell v. Mercantile Trust Co.California Court of Appeal · 1928
- State Planters Bank & Tr Co. of Richmond, VA v. Fifth-Third Union Tr Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1937
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