Lowndes v. City National Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant bank from a judgment of the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Shumway, J., dismissing the iEtna Indemnity Company‘as a party defendant in said action. The administrators of the estate of Theodore S. Lowndes, deceased, sought to recover a balance of $58,000, of the moneys of the estate, deposited in the defendant’s bank.
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Appeal by the defendant bank from a judgment of the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Shumway, J., dismissing the iEtna Indemnity Company‘as a party defendant in said action. The administrators of the estate of Theodore S. Lowndes, deceased, sought to recover a balance of $58,000, of the moneys of the estate, deposited in the defendant’s bank. The defendant filed a motion that the plaintiffs be ordered to cite in the iEtna Indemnity Company as a coplaintiff, This motion was denied by the court, Shumway, J., and the defendant then filed a motion that the iEtna Indemnity Company be ordered to…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
This action was brought to recover a balance of moneys and funds of the estate of Theodore S. Lowndes, deceased, deposited in the defendant’s bank by one Layton, who was the predecessor of the plaintiffs as administrator of the estate, and was also cashier of the defendant. The motions state that this balance was misappropriated by Layton, and the complaint shows an attempt on his part, with the knowledge and consent of the defendant, to appropriate it to the- purpose of taking up worthless and dishonored checks, notes and other securities of various persons, which the defendant had paid and…
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