Gabovitch v. Coolidge Bank & Trust Co.

This is an action to recover $17,210.50 charged against the plaintiff-drawer’s account with the defendant-bank as a result of the defendant’s payment of five checks bearing alleged “incorrect, forged, fraudulent and unauthorized endorsements, improper on their face.”

At trial there was evidence tending to show that: The plaintiff purchased Scotch malt whiskey which was to be delivered to bonded warehouses in Scotland. The proper product was never delivered. In payment for these purchases, plaintiff William Gabovitch drew four checks on his account with the defendant in October, 1972, in the…