BANK OF MIAMI v. BANCO INDUS. Y GANADERO

No. 87-398.

515 So.2d 1038 (1987)

The BANK OF MIAMI, a Florida Banking Institution, Appellant, v. BANCO INDUSTRIAL Y GANADERO DEL BENI, S.A., a Bolivian Banking Institution, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg, Traurig, Askew, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel and Kendall B. Coffey and Hilarie Bass, Miami, for appellant.

Valdes-Fauli, Cobb & Petrey and Wilfredo A. Rodriguez and Jeremy J. Hart, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of Banco Industrial Y Ganadero Del Beni, S.A. (Banco Beni) and against the Bank of Miami on Counts I, II and V of Banco Beni's five-count amended complaint. We reverse.

The claims contained in these counts arose when checks totalling $2,000,000 drawn on an account at the Bank of Miami were presented for payment to Banco Beni in Bolivia. Rather than accept the checks for deposit...

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