ASHLEY-HALL, ETC. v. BANK OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 10791.

389 So.2d 850 (1980)

ASHLEY-HALL INTERIORS, LTD., INC. v. BANK OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, Charles A. Snyder and W. Richard House, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, J. David Forsyth, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAMUEL, GULOTTA and BOUTALL, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit against the Bank of New Orleans & Trust Company to recover $26,344.21, representing the total amount of checks allegedly forged or altered by plaintiff's bookkeeper and paid by the defendant bank.

Defendant answered, denying liability, and affirmatively pled plaintiff is precluded from collecting any sums because its negligence substantially contributed to the making of the forgeries and alterations, and because...

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