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WESTERN UN. TEL. CO. v. PEOPLES NAT BK. LAKEWOOD

169 N.J. Super. 272 (1979)

404 A.2d 1178

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK IN LAKEWOOD, A BANKING ASSOCIATION DULY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEFENDANT AND THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. KATHERINE PLOMATOES AND CHRISTINE LESTER, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Peter R. Strohm argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Rothstein, Mandell & Strohm, attorneys).

Mr. John A. Covino argued the cause for respondent (Messrs. Patterson & Abrams, attorneys; Mr. Robert A. Abrams, on the brief).

Before Judges ALLCORN, SEIDMAN and BOTTER.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BOTTER, J.A.D.

Defendant Peoples National Bank in Lakewood (Peoples) appeals from a judgment against it for $1,100 plus interest in favor of plaintiff Western Union Telegraph Company, in an action based upon Peoples' mistake in cashing a Western Union money order in an amount corresponding to its numerals, $1,200, rather than its words reading "one hundred dollars." Ultimately, Western Union's drawee bank charged Western Union...

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