Overlake Homes, Inc. v. Seattle-First National Bank

This is an action by a depositor to recover money which the defendant bank paid out on checks bearing allegedly forged signatures and charged against the plaintiff’s account. The complaint was dismissed on motion of the defendant.

According to the allegations of the complaint, the plaintiff, a corporation, maintained at the Mercer Island Branch of the defendant or its predecessor, Washington State Bank, a commercial checking account subject to withdrawal only upon presentment of checks bearing the signatures of any two of its officers, all of whose signatures were furnished the bank on one of…