JONES v. COMMONWEALTH BANK & TRUST

No. 543.

71 Pa. D. & C. 2d 143 (1976)

Jones v. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company

Common Pleas Court of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

February 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Brown, for plaintiff.

Michael J. DeSisti, of DeSisti & Keeffe, for defendant.


WILLIAMS, P.J., February 12, 1976.

Plaintiff has filed her complaint in trespass, alleging that defendant bank wrongfully cashed a check made payable to her when that check was presented to the bank by her stepmother. It is alleged that the bank knew, or should have known, that the stepmother had no authority to act on behalf of plaintiff, and that the signatures of all three endorsers, including that of the stepmother, were made in the same handwriting. Defendant...

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