...indorsement did not discharge the makers, by reason of the statute (section 3414, Rem. Code), which provides: "Where a signature is forged or made without authority...from setting up the forgery or want of authority." This statute is but a re-enactment of the law as It has always been; and the question to be answered...

...without authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative; and no right to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bills and Notes, Cent. Dig. §§ 72-74; Dec. Dig. <@=>54.] Commissioners'...

...inoperative, and that no right to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto can be acquired under such signature, unless the party against whom...such right is precluded from setting up the forgery, a batik, which has paid a check bearing the forged signature of its depositor, on its presentation...

...thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sonsht to enforce such right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." [1] A bank is bound to know the signatures of its de[K)sitors. Kenneth Investment Co. v. National Hank...

...liability thereon. §23. FORGED SIGNATURE; EFFECT OF.— Where a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE II. CONSIDERATION. §24. PRESUMPTION OF CONSIDERATION.— Every negotiable instrument is deemed...

...notwithstanding that from want of capacity the corporation or infant may incur no liability thereon. 42. Where a signature is forged, or made without authority...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. CHAPTER III— Consideration of Negotiable Instruments. 43. Every negotiable instrument is deemed prima...

...what purported to be his signature was a forgery. Under the negotiable instruments law (section 42), where a signature is forged, or made without authority...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. The plaintiff never obtained title to the check. He could not have enforced collection of it, and what...

...the instrument, to give a discharge therefor or to enforce payment thereof, can be acquired through such signature unless the party against whom it is...from setting up the forgery or want of authority, a bank which collected checks upon which the payee's indorsement was forged was liable to make good...

...acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such tight Is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." It is clear from the record that Cassidy had the right to indorse the plaintiffs' name to checks for purposes...

...acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such a right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." Under this section payment upon a forged check by a bank upon whom it is drawn is made at the bank's...