People ex rel. Nelson v. Bank of Harvey

By this appeal the receiver of the Bank of Harvey seeks to reverse an order or decree of the circuit court of Cook county ordering the receiver to set off the sum of $3,789.81, being the balance in the checking account of the Bank of Harvey standing in the name of Mrs. J. W. Blair against the balance due on the note of her husband, John W. Blair.

The record discloses that the State Bank of Harvey was closed by its board of directors January 11, 1932, and on March 1, 1932, the auditor of public accounts appointed a receiver of the bank. The appointment was later confirmed by the circuit court…