Kalb v. Chemical Bank New York Trust Co.

This is an action to recover the sum of $1,000 which plaintiff alleges was wrongfully paid out from plaintiffs’ account due to the negligence of the defendant bank.

The facts which are agreed upon are as follows:

That on November 21, 1967, Beverly Schoen, a teller of defendant bank, who appeared as a witness, paid to a woman unknown to her the sum of $1,000 based upon the presentation by the said unknown woman of a savings account book No. 125-2169 in the names of Mrs. Mollie Kalb or Lawrence J. Kalb, and a withdrawal slip bearing the signature of Mollie Kalb. Teller Schoen further testified…