Legal Opinion
Bushweiler v. Polk County Bank
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided February 11, 1986No. 85-0343PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaROCQUE, J.
Polk County Bank appeals a trial court judgment finding it to be a negligent bailee for allowing third persons to carry away personal property from the bank’s possession without the consent of the owner, Allen Bushweiler. We conclude that the bank was a bailee and failed to exercise the standard of care required and therefore affirm.
Bushweiler originally rented storage space from a shed owner for an unspecified period for sixty dollars. Bushweiler described his original permission to store the property in the shed as "sort of a favor, plus . . . $60.00.” Thereafter the bank obtained legal…
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