Dunbar v. First National Bank of Scotia

Appeal from a judgment of the Schenectady County Court in favor of plaintiff, entered March 16, 1977, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term. At 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 1975, the plaintiff entered the main branch of the defendant bank in order to place a stop payment order on a $1,000 personal check. The stop order was made out at 9:05 a.m. The employee who received the stop payment order from plaintiff then proceeded to telephone the branch offices of the bank and the tellers at the drive-in windows. She then circulated the stop order to the tellers at the main branch. The telephone calls…