Bowling v. Armourdale Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J. :

This is a controversy between a mortgagee and attaching creditors. M. V. Ingram, a merchant at Kansas City, borrowed money from time to time from the Armourdale Bank for the purpose of carrying on his business, and on the morning of November 18, 1890, he was indebted upon a note held by the bank in the sum of $2,000. He had purchased goods upon credit, and upon the day named the creditors were pressing him for the payment of their claims, and had taken the preliminary steps for an attachment of his stock of goods. The cashier of the bank,…