Cohen v. State Bank

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 40
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 320

Syllabus

<p>Banks and hanking — Lost check — Release of liability — Stop payment order. i</p> <p>Where the maker of a cheek supposing that it had been lost, signs a stop order payment directed to his bank, in -which he released the bank from liability on account thereof “in the event of payment of the said check by error should any cheek drawn hy me be returned insufficient,” and subsequently issues to the payee a second and larger check, including the amount of the first check, and the payee cashes both cheeks, the maker is bound by his release of liability, and cannot recover damages because the bank returned a third and subsequent cheek of the payee because of insufficient funds.</p>