Erlanger Citizens Bank v. Williams

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The Erlanger Citizens Bank, by W. H. Folmer, special deputy banking and securities commissioner, sued H. 0. Williams to recover a balance of $1,180.11 and interest on a note. Several defenses were made but there has come to this court only the question of the propriety of a peremptory instruction to a jury on the issue of negligence of the plaintiff resulting in the loss of the value of a promissory note which Williams had pledged to the bank as security for his own note. Williams has successfully maintained that if the bank’s…