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· 12/8/1969

Katurbus v. New York State Liquor Authority

Citations

  • 33 A.D.2d 779
  • 307 N.Y.S.2d 180
  • 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2666

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing negligence claim asserting that bank failed to detect fraudulent checks because bank’s duties were governed by contract
  • dismissing negligence claim asserting that bank failed to detect fraudulent checks because bank's duties were governed by contract
  • “A cause of action for negligence cannot be based on a breach of a contractual duty.”
  • “[A] customer’s bank account is merely a debt owed to it by the bank, and there is no identifiable property which could have been taken by defendant.”
  • affirming dismissal of conversion claim by customer against bank

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