Legal Opinion
CITIBANC OF ALA./FULTONDALE v. Tricor Energies, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1986No. 83-956, 83-992PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal and the cross-appeal arise from a suit against a bank by its customer for alleged improper handling of checks. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiff $64,893.23. This appeal raises questions involving several provisions of the Alabama version of the Uniform Commercial Code, including the "midnight deadline" rules of Code 1975, §§7-4-104 (1)(h), -301, and -302.
Tricor Energies, Inc., an Alabama corporation, sued Citibanc of Alabama/Fultondale for the alleged improper payment on October 30, 1978, of a check payable to Tricor. By amendment, Tricor added counts for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Lewis v. FowlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Farmers Cooperative Livestock Market, Inc. v. Second National Bank of LondonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Central Bank and Trust Co. v. First Northwest BankDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1971
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