Pennington v. Farmers' & Merchants' Bank
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MAURY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Maury County.— Hon. W. B. Turner, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
Plaintiff brought this suit to recover from defendant the value of a $1,000 Victory Bond which belonged to her and had been lodged in the bank’s vault for safekeeping. The bank was robbed, its vault being blown open by burglars, and plaintiff’s bond, alone with other valuable papers, taken.
The circuit judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed in error to the court *190of civil appeals. That court transferred the case to this court, conceiving that the constitutionality of an act of the legislature was involved.
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