Vermont Loan & Trust Co. v. First National Bank of Cheyenne

Kimball, Justice.

The plaintiff, Vermont Loan and Trust Company, of Spokane, Washington, having a claim in the sum of $4698 against the defendant, the insolvent First National Bank of Cheyenne, obtained in this action a judgment for the amount, which was declared to be a preferred claim en*219titled to payment ahead of claims of the general creditors. The defendant bank and its receiver have appealed.

The only contested point was the right to a preference. The ease was heard on an agreed statement of facts. The plaintiff was the owner and holder of a cash warrant of the State of Wyoming in the sum…