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JOFFE v. RIGGS NATIONAL BANK

No. 2846.

179 A.2d 390 (1962)

Dr. Seymour L. JOFFE, Appellant, v. RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hage, Washington, D.C., with whom Charles S. Sures, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. David M. Wortman, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance, for appellant.

J. Roy Thompson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Bernard J. Gallagher, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and MYERS, Associate Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Dr. Seymour L. Joffe, a dentist, sued the Riggs National Bank, his depositary, for $3,000, the approximate sum alleged to have been paid out by the bank on forged indorsements of his name as payee. From a verdict for defendant bank, plaintiff appeals.

The facts are these: Since 1954 plaintiff has maintained a regular checking account at the Park Road Branch of the Riggs National Bank. Signature cards bearing his signature were...

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