UMBSEN v. CROCKER FIRST NAT. BANK

Docket No. S.F. 17646.

33 Cal.2d 599 (1949)

203 P.2d 752

HELEN D. UMBSEN, Appellant, v. CROCKER FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant; STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Intervener and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Lawrence C. Baker and Richard E. Guggenhime for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and E.G. Benard and William J. Power, Deputy Attorneys General, for Intervener and Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

In November, 1905, G.H. Umbsen & Co., a corporation engaged in the real estate business, drew a check for $6,600 against its commercial account in the Crocker First National Bank of San Francisco. The bank records disclose that the check was certified on November 8, 1905. The name of the payee is not known, and it is not known at whose behest the bank certified the check. The check has never been presented for payment and its whereabouts is unknown...

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