First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Exchange National Bank & Trust Co.

ROMANG, Judge:

This is an action for the conversion of money belonging to a creditor’s trust. A bookkeeper of the trust had deposited checks and monies of the trust in his own account and then used the money to pay his personal indebtedness to the defendant bank. Reference will be made to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Jury trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff trustee and against the defendant bank in the amount of $39,723.58. This sum did not include $467.58 on which the court had directed a verdict, and consequently judgment was entered for the total sum of…