GREENVILLE AVENUE STATE BANK v. LANG

No. 16983.

421 S.W.2d 748 (1967)

GREENVILLE AVENUE STATE BANK, Appellant, v. Harold E. LANG, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. F. Billings and Charlie R. Wise, of Billings, Pierce, Gilley & Stanton, Dallas, for appellant.

W. A. Pritchard, of Bradford & Pritchard, Dallas, for appellee.


BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellant Greenville Avenue State Bank appeals from a summary judgment rendered against it in favor of the appellee Harold E. Lang for the amount of a $3,000 check drawn by Lang on the Bank and paid by it on what Lang claims is a forged endorsement.

Appellee relies on the general rule that a bank may not charge against its depositor the payment of any check on the forged endorsement of the payee, 8 Tex. Jur.2d, Banks, § 268, p. 451...

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