Grow v. Prudential Trust Co.

The only evidence before the jury was an auditor’s report in which he finds, that the defendant, which held funds of the plaintiff on deposit, paid out of those funds $13,410 on checks to which the plaintiff’s signature had been forged by one Joseph F. Minon. The judge, subject to the exceptions of the defendant, ordered a verdict for the plaintiff, and at the request of the parties reported “ the case to the full court for determination.”

It is well settled, that the defendant was bound to know the signature of its depositors, and payment of a forged check either over the counter, or through…