Frank v. Hayes

PRESIDING JUSTICE REYNOLDS

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Mike Frank was robbed of $10,000 in front of his tavern in Decatur, Illinois, on the 20th of August 1953, by one Leonard Yoss. Frank had obtained the money from the Millikin National Bank a short time before the robbery, intending to use it for cashing checks. The money consisting of $7500 in $20 bills, $430 in $10 hills, $1505 in $5 bills, $300 in $1 bills, $60 in half dollars, $75 in quarters, $100 in dimes and $30 in nickels, was placed by the bank teller in a twill cloth bag, which was tied and then placed in a…