GENERAL ACC. F. & L. ASSUR. CORP. v. CITIZENS F. B. & T. CO.


519 S.W.2d 817 (1975)

GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORP., LTD., Appellant, v. CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. O'Bryan, Carey & O'Bryan, Louisville, for appellant.

Eugene B. Cochran, Middleton, Seelbach, Wolford, Willis & Cochran, Louisville, for appellee.


REED, Chief Justice.

The issue to determine is whether the employer of a dishonest employee or the collecting bank must bear the loss where the employee, who has authority to issue drafts on his employer's account, makes drafts payable to an existing person whom he does not intend to receive the proceeds of the draft and forges the endorsement of such payee and procures the proceeds of the instrument for his own use. In...

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