Henderick v. Uptown Safe Deposit Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, who had rented a safe deposit box in the vault of defendant, Uptown Safe Deposit Company, a corporation, brought suit to recover damages for the alleged failure of defendant to keep safe $37,750 in cash alleged to have been placed in the box and to have disappeared. Trial by the court and jury resulted in a verdict for the amount claimed, and after the denial of post-trial motions, judgment was entered on the verdict, from which defendant appeals.

The complaint, as amended, alleges that the funds were not lost or misplaced…