MJZ CORP. v. GULFSTREAM FIRST BANK

No. 81-1425.

420 So.2d 396 (1982)

MJZ CORPORATION and Michael J. Zappone, Appellants, v. GULFSTREAM FIRST BANK & TRUST, N.A., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Eddy of James R. Eddy & Associates, P.A., Pompano Beach, for appellants.

Lewis M. Petzold of Tylander, deClaire & Sliney, Chartered, Boca Raton, for appellee.


HURLEY, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether a bank or its former customer is liable for checks which the bank honored after notice that the account had been closed. We hold that closure of the account terminated the contractual relationship between the bank and its customer and, thus, we find that the bank is liable for the checks in question. For this reason, we reverse the judgment below.

Michael J. Zappone was president of MJZ Corporation, an entity which...

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