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        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE BARRY\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThis is an appeal by defendant Jefferson Trust and Savings Bank of Peoria from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Peoria County for the plaintiff, Peoria Savings and Loan Association. The sole issue raised by Jefferson Trust on appeal is whether it was a holder in due course of a *70,000 check drawn on Peoria Savings which is the center of this controversy.\nOn January 30, 1975, Owen D. Cassidy, a Peoria businessman, maintained two accounts with Jefferson Trust. The first account, account No. 329-923, was a personal savings account in the name of \u201cOwen D. Cassidy.\u201d The second account, account No. 036-765, was a checking account in the name of \u201cCassidy Company.\u201d On January 30, Cassidy deposited a *70,000 check in the personal savings account. The check, designating Cassidy as payee, was drawn on a Cassidy Company account at the Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago. Provisional credit was given and as a result of withdrawals against his personal savings account only *8,960.78 of the credit originally given remained on February 5,1975.\nOn the morning of February 5, a return teller at Jefferson Trust received a telephone call from the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, which was Jefferson Trust\u2019s intermediary bank in that city. The teller was informed that the *70,000 check drawn on the Harris Bank had been dishonored due to insufficient funds, and that this check was being returned to Jefferson Trust. The Jefferson Trust account at the Continental Bank was accordingly charged *70,000.\nAfter receiving the telephone call from the Continental Bank, the teller contacted Ned Middendorf, vice-president of Jefferson Trust, and informed him of the dishonor. At 3 p.m., Middendorf made a telephone call to Cassidy, and after informing him of the dishonor, advised him that the *70,000 overdraft would have to be covered that day. Cassidy\u2019s response was that he \u201cwould take care of it.\u201d\nAbout one-half hour after receiving Middendorf\u2019s telephone call, Cassidy went to Peoria Savings, which is located in a building adjacent to the building housing Jefferson Trust. When he got there he spoke to Barbara Horn, who at that time was a savings manager. He told Mrs. Horn that he desired to open a *10,000 savings account with Peoria Savings. After a short meeting with Peoria Savings\u2019 president, he returned to Mrs. Horn\u2019s desk and gave her an *80,000 check payable to Cassidy and drawn on the Cassidy Company account at the Northern Trust Bank in Chicago. Mrs. Horn used *10,000 of the Northern Trust check to open a savings account and gave Cassidy a check for *70,000 to cover the difference. This *70,000 check was payable to Cassidy and drawn upon a checking account Peoria Savings maintained at Jefferson Trust. The check was given to Cassidy at approximately 4 p.m. on February 5.\nNed Middendorf testified that at 4 p.m. he returned to his desk at Jefferson Trust after a short absence. At this time he discovered that on his desk had been placed a *70,000 check drawn on Peoria Savings\u2019 account at Jefferson Trust and payable to Cassidy, and a deposit ticket for Cassidy\u2019s personal Jefferson Savings account. This was the same account in which the dishonored *70,000 Harris Trust check had been deposited.\nMiddendorf delivered the *70,000 check and deposit ticket to a teller, but before the teller could even begin to process the check, Middendorf retrieved both documents. Middendorf then called Mr. Jim Berry, who was a vice-president at Peoria Savings, and inquired of Berry if he knew of any transactions involving Cassidy and large checks. Middendorf testified that the large amount of the check aroused his curiosity about Cassidy\u2019s ability to obtain large amounts of money. Berry stated that he knew nothing about the matter, but would inquire and call him back.\nAfter Berry talked to Middendorf on the telephone, he talked to Mrs. Horn and learned of the transaction involving Peoria Savings and Cassidy. He then told her to call the Northern Trust Bank in Chicago to verify the amount of money Cassidy had in the Cassidy Company account. In response to her inquiry, Mrs. Horn was told by an employee of Northern Trust named \u201cMary\u201d that the Cassidy Company account contained sufficient funds to cover the *80,000 check. After receiving this information, Berry and Horn discussed the matter with Peoria Savings\u2019 president, McFarland, who suggested Mrs. Horn call Northern Trust again and request they place a hold on the funds necessary to pay the *80,000 check. When Mrs. Horn called Northern Trust the second time, she again talked to Mary. Mary informed her that the first time she called she misunderstood her, and thought Mrs. Horn said an *8,000 check rather than an *80,000 check. Mary then told Mrs. Horn that there were insufficient funds in the account to cover an *80,000 check. In fact, the balance in the Cassidy Company account at Northern Trust was *8,700.80.\nMrs. Horn related this information to Berry, who then walked over to the Jefferson Trust and talked to Middendorf. The time was approximately 4:30 or 4:40 p.m. Berry told Middendorf that Northern Trust had advised his bank that there were insufficient funds to cover the *80,000 check delivered to Peoria Savings, and this check had been consideration for the *70,000 check now in Middendorf\u2019s possession. Although there is some dispute whether Berry gave Middendorf a verbal stop-payment order at this time, Middendorf testified that he told Berry a written stop-payment order would be prepared and ready for his signature the next morning. After this conversation, Berry left the bank.\nThe next morning, February 6, Berry arrived at Middendorf\u2019s office and signed the stop-payment order Middendorf had prepared. Middendorf\u2019s testimony was that at this time the *70,000 check and deposit ticket were still in his possession and had not been processed in any way by Jefferson Trust. Later that day, Middendorf gave the check and deposit ticket to another Jefferson Trust vice-president, George Kirkpatrick. At approximately 4 p.m. the next day, February 7, Kirkpatrick took the check and deposit ticket to the proof department of J efferson T rust, and the check was processed. As a result, Cassidy\u2019s personal account was then credited with *70,000. The stop-payment order was not presented by Kirkpatrick when the check was processed, as it was not in his possession at the time.\nKirkpatrick testified that although normally as a result of the stop-payment order Cassidy\u2019s account would have been debited *70,000 and the check on which the order had been placed returned to Cassidy, neither of these things was done, apparently because Jefferson Trust regarded Peoria Savings\u2019 stop-payment order as wrongful. Consequently, on February 10, the Peoria Savings account was debited *70,000. Berry was informed of this fact the next day. As a result of various transactions involving Cassidy\u2019s two Jefferson Trust accounts, the business account was closed. On March 19, *13,133.08, the balance remaining in Cassidy\u2019s personal account, was credited to the Peoria Savings account.\nOn February 4, 1976, Peoria Savings brought an action against Jefferson Trust to recover *56,866.92, the difference between the *70,000 check and the *13,133.08 credit Jefferson Trust gave Peoria Savings on March 19, 1975. A second count, eventually dismissed, also sought recovery based on Jefferson Trust\u2019s alleged failure to honor Peoria Savings\u2019 stop-payment order. On November 3, 1978, the court, sitting without a jury, entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for *56,866.92.\nDefendant Jefferson Trust urges this court to reverse on the grounds that when Cassidy\u2019s *70,000 check appeared on the desk of Ned Middendorf at 4 p.m. on February 5, Jefferson Trust became a holder in due course, and as a consequence took the check free from all defenses except those real defenses enumerated in section 3 \u2014 305(2) of the Uniform Commercial Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 26, par. 3 \u2014 305(2)). Under section 3 \u2014 302(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code, a holder in due course is a holder who takes an instrument for value, in good faith, and without notice that it is overdue or has been dishonored or of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 26, par. 3 \u2014 302(1).) The key question is whether Jefferson Trust took the *70,000 Peoria Savings check \u201cfor value\u201d when it appeared on Middendorf\u2019s desk at 4 p.m. on February 5. If Jefferson Trust took \u201cfor value\u201d at that precise moment it is a holder in due course because it took the check in good faith and without notice of any defenses available against it.\nUnder section 3 \u2014 303(b) of the Uniform Commercial Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 26, par. 3 \u2014 303(b)), a holder takes an instrument for value when he takes that instrument in payment of, or as security for, an antecedent claim against any person whether or not the claim is due. Jefferson\u2019s contention is that when the *70,000 overdraft was created in Cassidy\u2019s personal account as a result of the dishonor of the Harris Trust check on February 5, and the indorser Cassidy was given his notice of dishonor, a cause of action or claim arose against Cassidy (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 26, par. 3 \u2014 122(3)). The *70,000 Peoria Savings check, when it was received, was as a consequence taken by Jefferson Trust \u201cin payment of \" \u201d an antecedent claim\u201d pursuant to section 3 \u2014 303(b). Alternatively, Jefferson takes the position that under section 4 \u2014 212(1) of the Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, par. 4 \u2014 212(1)), Jefferson Trust has the right to a refund from Cassidy of the funds he had withdrawn from his personal account, which also constitutes an antecedent claim under section 3 \u2014 303(b).\nWe agree with Jefferson Trust that the nearly *70,000 overdraft in Cassidy\u2019s personal account, which occurred as a result of the dishonor of the Harris Trust check, constituted an antecedent claim under the Code. However, we do not believe that the mere possession of the Peoria Savings check by Jefferson Trust, without more, was tantamount to a taking for value under section 3 \u2014 303(b). Although there are no Illinois cases directly on point, cases from other jurisdictions indicate that before a bank takes a check payable to a depositor with an overdrawn account for value, the bank must, at the very least, apply the deposit to the overdraft or antecedent debt on a provisional basis. (See, e.g., Bowling Green, Inc. v. State Street Bank & Trust Co. (D. Mass. 1969), 307 F. Supp. 648; Laurel Bank & Trust Co. v. City National Bank (1976), 33 Conn. Supp. 641, 365 A.2d 1222; United States Cold Storage Corp. v. First National Bank (Tex. Civ. App. 1961), 350 S.W.2d 856; Bath National Bank v. Ely N. Sonnenstrahl, Inc. (1928), 249 N.Y. 391, 164 N.E. 327 (dicta); Annot., 59 A.L.R.2d 1173 (1958). Cf. Marine Midland Bank\u2014New York v. Graybar Electric Co. (1977), 41 N.Y.2d 703, 395 N.Y. Supp. 2d 403, 363 N.E.2d 1139 (bookkeeping entry of provisional credit to overdrawn account not a parting with value); Rockland Trust Co. v. South Shore National Bank (1974), 366 Mass. 74, 314 N.E.2d 438.) \u201cIt has been generally been held or stated that the bank\u2019s application of the proceeds of a deposited item, to the depositor\u2019s antecedent debt owed to the bank is a giving of value for the instrument and constitutes the bank a holder in due course.\u201d (Emphasis added.) (Annot., 59 A.L.R.2d 1173, 1194 (1958).) In the instant case, the Peoria Savings check was not deposited in Cassidy\u2019s account until the afternoon of February 7 when Kirkpatrick took the check to Jefferson Trust\u2019s proof department and had it processed. Consequently, the earliest Jefferson Trust \u201capplied the proceeds\u201d and could have taken for value was 4 p.m. on February 7. The mere receipt of the check and deposit ticket by Middendorf \u2014 an event which cannot be classified as a deposit \u2014 most certainly did not constitute an application of the proceeds of the check to Cassidy\u2019s overdrawn account, and therefore was not the equivalent of a taking for value under the Uniform Commercial Code as that term has been interpreted.\nBecause Jefferson Trust did not take for value at 4 p.m. on February 5, it is precluded from attaining the status of a holder in due course. At approximately 4:30 on the afternoon of February 5, Jefferson Trust had notice of a defense available to the Peoria Savings check because Middendorf had been informed by Peoria Savings\u2019 vice-president Berry at that time that the *70,000 check had been drawn in consideration of a virtually worthless check (the *80,000 check drawn on Continental). Middendorf\u2019s knowledge of Peoria Savings\u2019 expressed defense of failure of consideration constituted notice of a defense which, obtained prior to a giving of value, bars Jefferson Trust from being a holder in due course under section 3 \u2014 302.\nFor the above reasons, we affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court of Peoria County.\nJudgment affirmed.\nSTOUDER, P. J, and STENGEL, J, concur.",
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      "Stephen D. Gay and Donan C. Kirley, both of Davis & Morgan, of Peoria, for appellant.",
      "John P. Ewart and Gregory C. Ray, both of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "PEORIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFERSON TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF PEORIA, Defendant-Appellant.\nThird District\nNo. 79-52\nOpinion filed October 5, 1979.\nStephen D. Gay and Donan C. Kirley, both of Davis & Morgan, of Peoria, for appellant.\nJohn P. Ewart and Gregory C. Ray, both of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, for appellee."
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