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WEAVER v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST

Docket No. L.A. 27112.

59 Cal.2d 428 (1963)

380 P.2d 644

30 Cal. Rptr. 4

REBA WEAVER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Renga and Gerald B. Parent for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Samuel B. Stewart, Robert H. Fabian, and George L. Beckwith for Defendant and Respondent.

TOBRINER, J.

This case concerns the liability of a bank whose wrongful dishonor of plaintiff's check resulted in plaintiff's arrest and temporary detention on a charge of petty theft. For the reasons which we shall subsequently set forth we have concluded: (1) that although the payee's complaint to the police constituted the immediate cause of the arrest, a sufficient causal connection remains between the arrest and the bank's dishonor of plaintiff's check to afford...

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