Legal Opinion
Freeman Check Cashing Inc. v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided January 12, 1979No. Claim No. 60667PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerard M. Weisberg, J.
Freeman Check Cashing Inc. (Freeman), a licensed casher of checks pursuant to article 9-A of the Banking Law, brings suit as the alleged holder of nine unemployment insurance checks issued by the State of New York. Each check was negotiated to claimant for its face value less a service charge, and bears the indorsement in blank of U. A. Rodriguez, the payee. The State has refused to honor the checks upon the theory that the indorsements are forgeries.
Subdivision (1) of section 3-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code provides in relevant part that the…
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