Citizens Bank v. Callicott

Mrs. W. C. Callicott, deceased, at her death, owned a pair of blue white diamond earrings, and, on the night of her death her husband, W. C. Callicott, delivered them to E. C. Turley, then the cashier of the bank, to be placed in the bank. E. C. Turley took them the following morning to the bank and placed them in a screw safe on a shelf where the bank kept its large cash and other valu ables. Subsequently, E. C. Turley resigned as cashier, and W. H. Newton, assistant cashier, succeeded him, and, during the period Newton was cashier, the diamond earrings were shown to some member of the…