Questione giuridica chiave
Whether a loan contract was validly concluded or ratified despite a forged signature and the defendant's silence after a bank letter.
Decisione estratta
The bank could not in good faith treat the forged signature or the defendant's silence as confirmation that she knew and accepted the loan terms; no loan contract was concluded.
Motivazione estratta
A forged signature does not bind the defendant, and silence can count as ratification only where a response was reasonably expected and the recipient knew the contract contents. Here the defendant was not shown to know the material terms, and the bank could not rely on the absence of objection to infer consent.