Irish & Swartz Stores v. First National Bank

This is an action to recover for the alleged breach of a written contract of bailment entered into between the plaintiff store as bailor and the defendant bank as bailee.

The action is brought to recover approximately $6,000 which was the value of money and checks contained in a canvas money bag allegedly deposited at about 10:40 p.m., May 29, 1953 by William Knebel, the manager of one of plaintiff’s stores. Neither the bag nor its contents have been accounted for since the alleged deposit. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from a…