Spokane & Eastern Trust Co. v. Huff

Citations

• 63 Wash. 225
• 33 L.R.A.N.S. 1023
• 115 P. 80
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1182

Syllabus

<p>Banks and Banking — Checks—Payment—Mistake. Where a bank paid a check drawn upon it under the mistaken belief that the drawer had funds there subject to check, it cannot recover the payment from the payee, since that would destroy the certainty pertaining to such transactions; and it is immaterial that the mistake was due to the confusion incident to paying the check after banking hours, as an accommodation, when the drawer’s deposits had been withdrawn the same day.</p>