Vail National Bank v. Finkelman

Opinion by

Judge TURSI.

Sol Finkelman, defendant and maker of a check, appeals a judgment in favor of Vail National Bank awarding it recovery on the check. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to rule, as a matter of law, that the knowledge of the majority shareholder and director of the bank was imputed knowledge of the bank and that, therefore, it was not a holder in due course or, alternatively, in refusing to tender an instruction to the jury regarding the issue of imputed notice. We affirm.

During the pertinent time period, Joseph Penner was the majority shareholder of the…