Brand v. Hood

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Appellee, B. W. Hood, sued E. C. Brand, banking commissioner, and the Jefferson State Bank (in liquidation) in the district court of Marion county to establish an unsecured claim in the sum of $470.08 to be paid from the assets of said bank. The commissioner answered for himself and on behalf of said insolvent bank, pleading: (1) Plea in abatement for want of jurisdiction of the district court for insufficiency of the amount involved; (2) a plea, termed a “plea in abatement,” alleging that ap-pellee failed to file his claim with the commissioner within the period of…