LAWRENCE v. CENT. PLAZA BK. AND TRUST CO.

No. 84-2052.

469 So.2d 201 (1985)

Henry LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. CENTRAL PLAZA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Turner Matthews, Bradenton, for appellant.

Hugh E. Reams of Goldner, Reams, Marger, Davis, Piper & Bartlett, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether the purchaser of a cashier's check may ever bring suit directly against the collecting bank for cashing the check on a forged endorsement.

According to the fourth amended complaint, Henry Lawrence purchased from the County Bank an $18,000 cashier's check payable to William Morris Agency. The check was given to Charles Grogan, a party with whom Lawrence had been negotiating concerning...

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