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Cohn v. Trade Bank

146 Misc. 771 Court Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, Decision date 1933-03-09 English

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Daniel Cohn, Appellant, v. Trade Bank of New York, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
March 9, 1933.
Weschler & Kohn [Albert Ross of counsel], for the appellant.
Solon B. Lilienstern [Aaron Weiss of counsel], for the respondent.

The indorsement “ for deposit ” by the plaintiff’s assignors was sufficient to restrict further negotiation of the check (Neg. Inst. Law, § 66; Johnson v. Donnell, 90 N. Y. 1 ; Haskell v. Avery, 181 Mass. 106 .) Since the defendant bank had already disregarded the restrictive indorsement when the plaintiff’s assignors learned that the check had been misappropriated, they were under no duty to notify the bank of their interest in the proceeds:

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed for plaintiff for the amount demanded in the complaint.

All concur; present, Lydon, Frankenthaler and Untermyer, JJ.

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