J. GORDON NEELY ETC., INC. v. American Nat. Bank of Huntsville

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County, entered after a nonjury trial, finding that American National Bank of Huntsville (American National), defendant below, was not liable in conversion to J. Gordon Neely Enterprises, d/b/a Midas Muffler (Neely), plaintiff below. The conversion count was based upon a total of 21 checks drawn by Neely, 19 made payable to American National and two made payable to B. Louise Bradshaw. The amount on each of twelve checks was raised and nine checks were unaltered, and all were illegally cashed or deposited by Bradshaw, a former…