Kuhns v. Live Stock National Bank

Paine, j.

This is an action at law, in which Barton H. Kuhns, plaintiff-appellant, as trustee in bankruptcy of Central Bridge & Construction Company, a bankrupt corporation, seeks to recover from the Live Stock National Bank of Omaha the sum of $15,000, being the amount of funds of the said construction company which Elmer G. Risk, its president, transferred to said bank in payment of his personal notes. Both sides moving for a directed verdict, the trial court dismissed the jury, and rendered judgment for the defendant bank, from which the trustee appeals.

Plaintiff trustee filed a petition in…