Bossuyt v. Osage Farmers National Bank

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves legal questions which arose out of a transaction involving a cashier’s check. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff Robert Bossuyt, who prevailed before the jury.

Pat Theilen of Osage, Iowa, is a commission buyer of livestock; she maintains her checking account at the Osage Farmers National Bank (bank). John Nerison of Wisconsin, a sale barn operator, provided Theilen with his check for $43,000 to buy livestock for him on commission. Theilen placed the check in the night depository of the bank on January 3,1980. The next day the…