Legal Opinion
Bank/First Citizens Bank v. Citizens & Associates
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 19, 2002No. E2000-02545-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, J.
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.
This case involves the application of Tennessee Code Annotated section 47-3-406 to determine who bears the loss of a bank’s acceptance of forged instruments. The drawer issued three checks payable to a mortgage company and delivered- these checks to a branch manager of that company for transfer to the main office. The manager, however, forged the endorsement of the company and deposited these checks into her personal bank account. In a suit to recover the funds, the trial court…
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