SPEC-CAST, INC. v. FIRST NAT'L BK. & TR.

No. 67265.

128 Ill.2d 167 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 543

SPEC-CAST, INC., Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF ROCKFORD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard P. Reese, Jr., and William E. Gottfred, of Reese & Reese, of Rockford, for appellant.

Connolly, Oliver, Close & Worden, of Rockford (Lewis B. Kaplan, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, First National Bank & Trust Company of Rockford, cashed a check drawn on the account of the plaintiff, Spec-Cast, Inc.; however, this check was missing the drawer's signature. Plaintiff filed suit in the circuit court of Winnebago County alleging that a bank cannot, in violation of Uniform Commercial Code section 3-401(1) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 26, par. 3-401(1)), debit...

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