O'RLAKE HMS., INC. v. SEAT.-FIRST NAT. BK.

No. 35715.

57 Wn.2d 881 (1961)

360 P.2d 570

OVERLAKE HOMES, INC., Appellant, v. SEATTLE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

March 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rummens, Griffin, Short & Cressman, for appellant.

Howe, Davis, Riese & Jones, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

This is an action by a depositor to recover money which the defendant bank paid out on checks bearing allegedly forged signatures and charged against the plaintiff's account. The complaint was dismissed on motion of the defendant.

According to the allegations of the complaint, the plaintiff, a corporation, maintained at the Mercer Island Branch of the defendant or its predecessor, Washington State Bank, a commercial checking account subject to...

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