Farmers Merchants Bk. of Hanna v. Duke

Flanagan, C. J. —

In the year 1920, Daniel Duke, father of appellees, left for safekeeping with the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hanna, Indiana, one of the appellants herein, Fourth Liberty Loan bonds ■of the face value of $1,400, with no express agreement as to payment for their keep or how or where they were to be kept. Hanna was an unincorporated town about twenty miles from LaPorte, the county seat, and was without police protection. The Hanna bank had two employees, a cashier and a young lady clerk, and was equipped with a small vault and safe.

In 1923, the Hanna bank had in its…