COOPER v. UNION BANK

Docket No. L.A. 30087.

9 Cal.3d 371 (1973)

507 P.2d 609

107 Cal. Rptr. 1

ABRAHAM COOPER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNION BANK et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stell & Levine and Arthur S. Levine for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ernest S. Gould, Robert F. Strange, Cosgrove, Cramer, Rindge & Barnum and L.P. McElhaney for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

We here consider the rights of the true owner of a negotiable instrument which has been collected and paid on a forged indorsement. The question has not previously arisen in this state under the Uniform Commercial Code, and has seldom been addressed in other jurisdictions.1

The record recounts a typical tale of forgery. Plaintiff Joseph...

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