Hall v. Wichita State Bank & Trust Co.

Appellant, J. H. Hall, brought this suit against the Wichita State Bank & Trust Company to recover an amount alleged to be due him as balance on deposit to his account with the bank. The bank defended on the ground that it had applied the deposit as a credit on a note executed by Hall and payable to it, and by way of cross-action sought to recover a balance still due on the note. To this the plaintiff answered that the note *1037had been discharged by novation, alleging in support of this plea that A. H. Beals and F. F. Moore, had, upon purchase of plaintiff’s interest in a business known as the…