First Trust Co. v. Carlsen

This is an action at law brought by the appellee, First Trust Company, as successor trustee of the Lincoln Trust Company, against the appellants for damages for the breach of a trust agreement in which the Lincoln Trust Company was named as trustee. The jury returned a verdict for appellee for $28,867, and judgment was entered for that amount. Each of the appellants filed a motion for a new trial, from the overruling of which this appeal is taken.

The record discloses that the Lincoln Trust Company was organized as a trust company with its principal place of business at Lincoln, Nebraska, and…