Anderson v. Pacific Bank

Appeal from the judgment given in favor of plaintiff under the following facts: Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract whereby defendant agreed to furnish bail for Harry Christian and Martin Olsen, who had been held for trial before the superior court. To protect defendant and the sureties it might furnish from liability or loss, plaintiff agreed to deposit with defendant the sum of two thousand dollars in gold coin as a pledge. Plaintiff delivered the money to McDonald, the acting president of the bank, leaving it with him in the president's room. He received from the bank the…