Kohlsaat v. First National Bank of St. Paul

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Plaintiff, trustee under a testamentary trust established by the last will of John H. Bullard, who died December 29, 1916, brought this action to obtain possession of certain securities and property alleged to belong to said trust and held in a safe-deposit box on defendant’s premises in St. Paul, and for damages for the wrongful detention thereof.

The safe-deposit box was leased by defendant to Caroline D. Bul-lard as an individual on February 8,1938, under an agreement which provided:

“1. The relation of the Bank and the renter is hereby agreed to be that of landlord…