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Bills And Notes - Ficticious Indorsee - Immaterial Alteration, Lawrence N. Ravick S.Ed.
Bills And Notes - Ficticious Indorsee - Immaterial Alteration, Lawrence N. Ravick S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Thomas and Betty Gallegos asked defendant bank for a loan to purchase an automobile from Schneider Motors. Defendant gave them a cashier's check for $1,000 payable "To the order of Betty J. and Thomas Gallegos." To assure itself that the check would be used to purchase the car, the bank, before delivering the check to the payees, had them indorse it "to the order of Schneider Motors," signed "Betty J. and Thomas Gallegos." The Gallegoses then went to Schneider Motors, but a partner of that firm refused to accept the check and returned it to Thomas Gallegos. Having taken it …