Legal Opinion
Estate of William R. Barney, J v. PNC Bank, National Association
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2013No. 12-3540PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
The main issue in this case is whether Ohio law permits a principal to hold a bank liable for money that the principal entrusted a fiduciary to deposit at the bank and which the fiduciary then withdrew, without the principal’s permission, and squandered. Unfortunately for the principals here, the Barneys, the answer is no. Mr. Manning, a lawyer who served as the executor of Mr. Barney’s estate and the trustee of a trust for Mrs. Barney, set up two bank accounts at National City Bank, one for the estate and one for the trust. He then wired funds,…
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