Associated Underwriters, Inc. v. Mercantile Trust Co. National Ass'n

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Associated Underwriters, Inc. (hereafter “Associated”) has appealed from a judgment entered pursuit to a jury verdict for defendant in its action for damages against Mercantile Trust Company National Association (hereafter “Mercantile”) for improperly handling certain checks. We affirm.

The only point in appellant’s brief pertains to the correctness of Instruction No. 4, but it will be helpful to set forth the circumstances which brought about this litigation.

In 1966 John J. Roche, a licensed insurance broker, took over an insurance business previously operated…