VALLEY NAT. BANK, SUNNYMEAD v. COOK

No. 1 CA-CIV 5404.

136 Ariz. 232 (1983)

665 P.2d 576

VALLEY NATIONAL BANK, SUNNYMEAD, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C.T. COOK and J.M. Cook, husband and wife, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1983.

Review Denied May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Luikens, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dohn M. Rosenthal, Scottsdale, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

CORCORAN, Judge.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether an individual who signs a check without indicating her representative capacity is personally liable on the obligation evidenced by the check when the check has the name of the corporate principal printed on it. We adopt the minority rule and hold that the individual is not personally liable. J. White & R. Summers, Handbook of the Law Under the Uniform Commercial Code § 13-4...

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