Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Farmers Bank & Trust Co.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided October 26, 1956No. 779PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff invokes diversity jurisdiction of this Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 to recover the sum of $3,645.18, the total amount of 33 checks paid by the defendant bank from the plaintiff’s personal account alleging that her signatures appearing upon all of such checks were either forged or affixed without her knowledge, consent or authorization.
Since all the checks referred to in the complaint are negotiable instruments, the plaintiff relies for recovery upon the provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Law of Kentucky set out in §§ 356.019 and 356.023 of the Kentucky…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Smithers v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Finley v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Scottish Union & National Ins. Co. v. BejcyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Embry v. LongCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Assignee of Steve Radeff and Carl Robinson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
- Cooper v. STOCK YARDS BANK OF OKL. CITY, OKL.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982