Gulbrandsen v. Chaseburg State Bank

The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Emma Lietke, deceased, seeks to recover from the defendants, Chaseburg State Bank and John Lowe, the value of certain bonds, which belonged to the decedent, and which plaintiff alleged were wrongfully taken from her safety-deposit box at the defendant bank by its cashier, John Lowe, and converted or fraudulently obtained and retained by the bank and used as its own property until it finally sold them for cash and retained the proceeds. The defendants claim that on May 28, 1936, the bonds were loaned by the decedent to John Lowe personally for a…