Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint is denied.
The defendant bank had a right to stop payment on the teller's check payable to the order of the plaintiff (see, UCC 4-403 [1]; 4-104 [1] [e]), but the stop payment order does not automatically preclude recovery on the check (see, Bank of N. Y. v Welz,
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