State Ex Rel. North Todd Gentry v. Page Bank

This is a proceeding by the State of Missouri at the relation of the Attorney-General, filed before the Deputy Commissioner of Finance in charge of the Page Bank and allowed by him as a common claim only, and certified to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, under Section 11719, Revised Statutes 1919, to determine the right of the State to priority of payment from the assets of the defunct bank to the amount deposited therein. The trial court denied the claim of priority and allowed it as a general claim. The State appealed.

The facts are not in dispute. They warrant the finding that Charles…