Equipment Dist. v. Charter Oak Bank Trust

This action for conversion of a check was brought against the Charter Oak Bank and Trust Company, hereinafter Charter Oak, the depositary bank, and New Britain Bank and Trust Company, hereinafter New Britain, the drawee bank. The plaintiff claims to be a joint payee of the check and asserts that Charter Oak collected the proceeds of the check and New Britain paid the check on a forged endorsement. The trial court, upon motion by the defendants, rendered a judgment of nonsuit for failure of the plaintiff to prove a prima facie case.

We first consider Charter Oak's claim that, in the absence of…