United States v. The First National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, Defendant-Third-Party the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Third-Party

BOOTLE, District Judge:

In this action, the United States, as drawee on certain government checks, seeks to recover the amount of those checks paid to appellee, The First National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, who, as collecting bank, had presented the checks under a guarantee of prior endorsements to and received payment from the United States, the endorsements of the payee on the checks allegedly being forged. The trial court dismissed the complaint- on the ground that “where the United States has paid a Government check bearing a forged or unauthorized indorsement of the payee’s name but has…