COOK v. GREAT WESTERN BANK & TRUST

1 CA-CIV 6939.

141 Ariz. 80 (1984)

685 P.2d 145

Joseph D. COOK and Willie Mae Cook, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GREAT WESTERN BANK & TRUST, an Arizona banking corporation; and the Arizona Bank, an Arizona banking corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

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

June 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karasek & Haddy by David J. Karasek, Phoenix, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Brown & Bain, P.A. by Michael F. Bailey, Phoenix, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge, Division 1.

The issues raised in this appeal are: (1) whether delay by a joint payee in informing the banks that his endorsement on a check was a forgery constitutes ratification or precludes recovery against the banks, (2) whether the banks acted in accordance with reasonable commercial standards in dealing with the check, and (3) whether the measure of damages is the face amount of the check.

Joseph D. Cook commenced...

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