Armstrong v. Citizens Union National Bank

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Bees

— Affirming.

'The appellant, Anna H. Armstrong, brought this action against the Citizens Union National Bank to recover the sum of $10,500 alleged to have been lost by her by reason of her purchase of $12,000 of bonds which, she was induced to make by the representations of J. H. Schnell, an assistant cashier of the bank. The trial court sustained the bank’s motion for a peremptory instruction in its favor, and the plaintiff has appealed.

She alleged in her petition that the bank, through Schnell as its agent, purchased for her in July, 1927, $12,000 of real…