Kramer v. Grand National Bank of St. Louis

This is a suit brought by appellant Henry Kramer as plaintiff in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis against Grand National Bank of St. Louis, Ed Mays, Gifford J. Herbert and "William A. Brittin, as defendants, for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as the result of the theft of diamonds, jewelry and money from a safe deposit box, rented by the plaintiff from the defendant bank. Plaintiff alleged that the theft of the contents of his safe deposit box resulted from the negligence and carelessness of the defendants in failing to properly guard and…