Legal Opinion
United Catholic Parish Schools of Beaver Dam Educational Ass'n v. Card Services Center
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 27, 2001No. 00-2029PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoggensack, J.
¶ 1. United Catholic Parish Schools of Beaver Dam Educational Association (UCPS) employed Janet Gittus as its bookkeeper. Git-tus wrote checks on UCPS's account with Bank One that were negotiated by First Financial Bank, in payment of Gittus's personal credit card debt. When UCPS learned of Gittus's embezzlement, it demanded that First Financial return $59,038.92, which First Financial had received from Bank One in payment of the checks. First Financial refused, and UCPS sued for conversion. As an affirmative defense, First Financial asserted that it was a holder in due course and therefore…
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