Hauck v. First National Bank of Highland Park

Walter Hauck recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Lake county against the First National Bank of Highland Park for $10,500, on account of money to that amount alleged to have been deposited in, and to have later disappeared from, a safety deposit box rented by appellee from the bank, and the cause is here by the bank’s appeal from the judgment.

The complaint charged a failure to use ordinary care and diligence to safely keep the money so deposited and stored in the safety deposit box, and permitting it to be taken therefrom without the knowledge or consent of appellee or his wife. The…