Paehler v. Union Planters National Bank, Inc.

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This case involves the alleged theft of the contents of a safe deposit box. Plaintiff, Eleanor W. Paehler, appeals the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to defendants, Union Planters National Bank, Barbie Archibald, and Jean Johnson.

In 1975, Mrs. Paehler’s husband, Louis Paehler, rented a safe deposit box from Union Planters. Louis Paehler died on October 8, 1987, and after his death, Mrs. Paehler was subsequently appointed executrix of his estate. On February 12,1988, Mrs. Paehler, as executrix, went to the Union Planters Bank to…