Ryland Group, Inc. v. Gwinnett County Bank

Banke, Judge.

The appellant brought suit against appellees Gwinnett County Bank and Jack Harper to recover on certain checks drawn on appellant’s account at the bank and allegedly paid without proper endorsement. The checks were made payable to "Jack Harper/Plymart” in some instances, and to "Jack. Harper/Lowes Doravil” in others. Appellant’s contention is that the diagonal slash, or "virgule” symbol between the names on the payee line of the checks signified joint payees requiring endorsement by both parties, whereas the bank paid the checks with only Harper’s endorsement. This appeal is from…