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WESTPORT BANK & TRUST CO. v. LODGE

164 Conn. 604 (1973)

THE WESTPORT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. JOHN D. LODGE ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. Battaglino, with whom was John W. Boyd, for the appellants (defendants).

Richard Berkowitz, with whom, on the brief, was Arthur E. Balbirer, for the appellee (plaintiff).

MACDONALD, BOGDANSKI, SHEA, DRISCOLL and RUBINOW, JS.

MACDONALD, J.

This action was brought to recover an overdraft in a checking account maintained in the plaintiff bank by the defendants John D. Lodge and his wife. By way of special defense, the defendants claimed that the overdraft was caused by the plaintiff's negligence in honoring checks bearing the forged signature of Mrs. Lodge and in honoring a forged letter of instructions concerning the mailing of the defendants' bank statements. The forgeries were perpetrated...

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