HENDERICK v. UPTOWN SAFE DEPOSIT CO.

Gen. No. 47,547.

21 Ill. App.2d 515 (1959)

159 N.E.2d 58

Honorine Henderick, Appellee, v. Uptown Safe Deposit Company, an Illinois Corporation, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing denied June 22, 1959.

Released for publication June 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest A. Eklund and John N. Thornburn, of Chicago, for appellant.

Clarence M. Dunagan and Harry George, of Chicago, for appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE FRIEND delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, who had rented a safe deposit box in the vault of defendant, Uptown Safe Deposit Company, a corporation, brought suit to recover damages for the alleged failure of defendant to keep safe $37,750 in cash alleged to have been placed in the box and to have disappeared. Trial by the court and jury resulted in a verdict for the amount claimed, and after the denial of post-trial motions, judgment was...

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