Malphrus v. Home Savings Bank

This is a motion by the plaintiff for summary judgment. One Carole Kuebler, a depositor in the defendant savings bank, requested the defendant to issue a teller’s check in the sum of $450 payable to the order of the plaintiff. She directed that the amount be deducted from her account. Thereupon, Miss Kuebler delivered the check to the plaintiff in part payment for an automobile which the plaintiff delivered to her. When the check was presented at the National Commercial Bank and Trust Company, upon which it was drawn by the defendant savings bank, payment was refused on the ground that the…