PAC. COAST CHEESE, INC. v. SEC.-FIRST NAT. BK.

Docket No. L.A. 23400.

45 Cal.2d 75 (1955)

286 P.2d 353

PACIFIC COAST CHEESE, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a Banking Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse A. Hamilton for Appellant.

Iverson & Hogoboom and Paul E. Iverson for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Certain checks drawn against plaintiff's commercial account were altered so as to raise the amounts for which they had been written. Defendant bank honored the checks as altered, and the raised amounts were deducted from plaintiff's account. Subsequently the bank dishonored other checks of plaintiff on the ground that insufficient funds remained in the account after the deductions had been made. This action was...

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