Canadian Bank of Commerce v. Bingham

Citations

• 46 Wash. 657
• 91 P. 185
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 682

Syllabus

<p>Banks and Banking — Checks—Payment—Forgery—Recovery of Money Paid. Where forged cheeks were cashed by another bank, the bank on which the cheeks were drawn may, after negligently paying the checks before discovery of the forgery, recover from such other bank the amount so paid to it, if such bank has not been placed in a worse position than it would have been in had payment of the checks been refused and prompt notice of the forgery given.</p>