State Ex Rel. Becker v. Farmers' Exchange Bank of Gallatin

The State of Missouri and Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, filed petition in the liquidation of an insolvent bank asking preference on account of money belonging to the State which was in the bank when it closed. The circuit court allowed the demand as a common claim but denied it preference. From this judgment the claimants appealed. The appeal was allowed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals which transferred the cause to this court on the ground that it was without jurisdiction because a State officer is a party to the action but without designating whether it referred to the…