J.R. SIMPLOT, INC. v. KNIGHT

No. 17089-6-III.

973 P.2d 472 (1998)

93 Wash.App. 369

J.R. SIMPLOT, INC., d/b/a Simplot Soilbuilders, a Nevada Corporation, Appellant, v. Richard L. KNIGHT and Doris M. Knight, husband and wife; Richard E. Knight, a single person, Defendants; Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Seven.

December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Boggs, Lyon Weigand & Gustafson, Yakima, WA, for Appellant.

Robert M. Boggs, Lyon Weigand & Gustafson, Yakima, WA, Counsel for Plaintiff(s).

Donald D. Bundy, Wilson, Bundy & Greiner, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.


KATO, J.

J.R. Simplot, Inc., d/b/a Simplot Soilbuilders, appeals the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of its conversion claim against Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association for paying on a forged endorsement. Simplot contends a hyphen between two payees' names on a check means that it is payable jointly and the court erred by determining the check was payable in the alternative. We agree and reverse.

Simplot had a security interest in Richard...

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