FIRST NAT. BANK IN EUREKA v. Giles

Mary Giles appeals a decision by the District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District, Lincoln County, granting plaintiff-respondent First National Bank in Eureka’s motion for summary judgment.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court properly granted the bank’s motion for summary judgment.

In February, 1985, plaintiff First National Bank in Eureka (hereafter bank) filed a complaint against Mary Giles for “forgery and misrepresentation.” The alleged forgery involved four Veterans’ Administration disability checks made payable to Mary’s then-husband James Giles. The checks were mailed…