Legal Opinion
Bremen State Bank v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and Bekins Van & Storage Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1970No. 17721_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Bremen State Bank, brought this diversity action in the district court to recover $10,342.03, which sum was lost during a move by the bank from one location to another within the village of Tinley Park, Illinois. On the day before the move the bank instructed its tellers to put their money at the end of the day in canvas bags on the floor of the vault rather than in metal lockers inside the vault, the usual practice. One teller, Mrs. Laucke, did not receive these instructions and thus put her cash drawer money, $10,342.03, in her metal locker instead of on the…
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