MENG v. MAYWOOD PROVISO STATE BANK

Nos. 1-97-3288, 1-97-3289.

702 N.E.2d 258 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 128

234 Ill.Dec. 92

Hans MENG and Klaus A. Wieske, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAYWOOD PROVISO STATE BANK, and First Security Trust and Savings Bank, Defendants-Appellees (Greater Illinois Title Insurance Company, Defendant). Hans MENG and Klaus A. Wieske, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALBANY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a/k/a Albank, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

October 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon C. Wexler, Chicago, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Gilbert J. Schroeder, Mark E. Wilson, Melinda S. Kollross, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Maywood Proviso State Bank.

Paul T. Fox, Jeffrey H. Hornstein, Raquel daFonseca of Holleb & Coff, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee Albany Bank and Trust Co., N.A.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Hans Meng and Klaus A. Wieske purchased three cashier's checks from defendant Albany Bank & Trust Company, N.A., a/k/a Albank (Albank), which subsequently were honored by three separate institutions (defendants Maywood Proviso State Bank, First Security Trust & Savings Bank, and Greater Illinois Title Insurance Company1). Plaintiffs made two of the cashier's checks...

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