Reynolds v. McEwen

On or about December 14, 1974, appellant Reynolds cashed a check at a store operated by appellee McEwen. The check was payable to cash in the amount of sixty-five dollars ($65.00), drawn on appellee First National, and was signed "M.B. Kelley."1 Reynolds endorsed the check.

The check was drawn on an account which Kelley had closed because he had found some of his blank checks were missing. Then, Kelley opened a new account with First National. He told them to charge all the checks written on the old account to the new one but to scrutinize his signature on all of his checks to notice a dash…