Buell v. Aberdeen State Bank

Citations

• 58 Wash. 407
• 108 P. 951
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 947

Syllabus

<p>Banks and Banking—Recovery oe Deposit—Evidence—Forgery —Other Similar Acts. Upon an issue as to the forgery of a check paid by a bank, in an action by the customer to recover the deposit, it is error to .permit a third person to testify that the bank had refused payment of another check purporting to be drawn by plaintiff in favor of the same payee which was also repudiated as a forgery.</p> <p>Same. Upon such an issue, it is error to receive evidence that plaintiff had caused a warrant to issue for the arrest of the payee on the charge of forgery; also, to show that the defendant’s officers refused to contribute to a sum to be offered as a reward for his arrest.</p> <p>Same. Upon such an issue, it is error to admit evidence that the payee of the check had years before gone under an alias in Alaska, and could closely imitate the signature of the witness.</p>