BANK OF GROTTOES v. BROWN

No. 2351.

8 F.2d 321 (1925)

BANK OF GROTTOES v. BROWN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

October 20, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Conrad, of Harrisonburg, Va., and George Bryan, of Richmond, Va., for plaintiff in error.

John Paul, of Harrisonburg, Va. (D. W. Earman and Ward Swank, both of Harrisonburg, Va., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before WOODS, WADDILL, and ROSE, Circuit Judges.


ROSE, Circuit Judge.

Hamet Brown, is a citizen of New York and he was plaintiff below. He kept some thousands of dollars in coupon Liberty Bonds, as well as some jewelry, in a safe deposit box which he rented from the Bank of Grottoes, plaintiff in error here, and defendant below. For brevity, it will be called the bank, and he the renter.

On June 29, 1921, burglars got into the bank and forced or blew open the doors of its vault. Its own cash and readily...

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