SEABOARD SUR. CO. v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK


172 A.D.2d 423 (1991)

Seaboard Surety Company, Appellant, v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 30, 1991


In paying the checks herein without payee endorsement, Chase, the drawee bank, breached its contractual obligation with its customer Esty (Tonelli v Chase Manhattan Bank, 41 N.Y.2d 667, 669). The Supreme Court found that since the proceeds of the check reached Ms. D'Agostino, the person Esty actually intended to receive them, Esty was precluded from recovery (citing Gotham-Vladimir Adv. v First Natl. City Bank,

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