Abel v. Meadowbrook National Bank

Plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,250 from the defendant hank on a check in the face amount of $2,500 on which plaintiff and his wife were copayees. The complaint alleges that the wife obtained possession of the check, forged plaintiff’s name as indorser, and deposited the check to her personal account with defendant bank. Thereafter it is alleged that she used the money and failed to pay the plaintiff his one-half share of the proceeds.

Defendant bank has impleaded the wife requesting judgment over against her in the event that the plaintiff husband establishes the forgery and recovers…