Commercial Credit Corp. v. Citizens National Bank of Point Pleasant

Berry, Judge:

This is an action instituted in the Circuit Court of Mason County by the Commercial Credit Corporation against the Citizens National Bank of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to recover damages from the defendant Bank in connection with several checks issued by the plaintiff on its accounts at two banks, on which checks the endorsements of the payees were later forged prior to their being deposited in defendant Bank. The checks in question were forwarded by the defendant Bank to the banks upon which they were drawn and were paid by said banks. The defendant Bank timely filed its…