Legal Opinion

McRae v. Union Trust Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 7, 1920No. Docket No. 17Published

Error to Wayne; Codd (George P.), J. Case by John A. McRae against the Union Trust Company for wrongfully allowing access to a safety deposit box. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.

It is the claim of the plaintiff that in November, 1915, he rented from the defendant a safety deposit box and paid therefor the annual rental, that said box was taken in the name of John A. McRae and Flora McRae, his wife, and that no other person had the right of access to said box without the written consent of either of them, that plaintiff kept in said box certain bonds and more particularly 10 bonds of the Niagara Falls Power Company of the value of *693$10,000; that Flora McRae, his wife, died on the 11th day of May, 1916, leaving-her husband, John A. McRae, and one son by a previous…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Paddock v. HatchMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Hicks v. LeatonMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Ætna Indemnity Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Bidwell v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907

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