2 TEST BANK B—UNIT FIVE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
a. $5,500.
b. $5,000.
c. $500.
d. 0.
UNIT FIVE—FOCUS ON ETHICS:
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
B3. Capital Bank’s policy requires that indorsements on checks exactly match the
names of the payees. Don, an employee of eData Company, issues and
indorses several payroll checks in the names of former employees and
deposits them into his account at Capital. eData files a suit against Capital to
recover the funds. Most likely to suffer the loss is
a. Capital Bank on the basis of bad faith.
b. Don on the ground that he was a fictitious payee.
c. eData Company for failing to monitor its employee.
d. the employees in whose names the checks were issued and indorsed.
B4. Huey signs a promissory note in reliance on Ian’s assurance that it is not a
note. Ian negotiates the note to Jinx Collection Agency, which is a holder in due
course (HDC) of the note. When Jinx tries to collect, Huey refuses to pay.
Under the HDC doctrine, the loss falls on
a. Huey only.
b. Huey and Jinx equally.
c. Huey or Jinx, depending on which party can afford the loss.
d. Jinx only.