Legal Opinion
First National City Bank v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 29, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel P. Scanlon, J.
This action is brought to recover $1,150 paid to the defendant upon presentation of plaintiff’s cashier’s check payable to the order of one Andrew Halsne and bearing the forged indorsement of the payee and defendant’s guarantee of prior indorsements.
The case was submitted upon agreed facts, the essential elements of which are as follows:
Andrew Halsne maintained a savings account with the plaintiff, referred to herein as “ Citibank ”. One Robert De Carlo, wrongfully in possession of the Halsne passbook, presented the same to the Citibank with a forged letter, allegedly from Halsne, *429requesting…
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