FIRST STATE BANK v. TWIN CITY BANK

No. 86-121.

720 S.W.2d 295 (1986)

290 Ark. 399

FIRST STATE BANK OF SHERWOOD, Appellant, v. TWIN CITY BANK OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gruber Law Office by Rita W. Gruber, N. Little Rock, for appellant.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by George Pike, Jr. and William A. Waddell, Jr., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

This case concerns the question of liability as between two banks victimized by a fraudulent scheme involving the use of documentary drafts. The trial court found that the bogus documentary drafts were not documentary drafts (as defined by the Uniform Commercial Code), but mere writings used in a fraudulent scheme. The court concluded that, although Twin City Bank, the payor/drawee bank, was late in returning the "drafts" unpaid to First State...

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