Merchants' & Planters' State Bank of Winnsboro v. Brewer

Brewer, the appellee, sued the appellant for a debt of $520 based upon a deposit made with the appellant and which the latter refused to pay upon demand. In its answer the bank admitted receiving the deposit, and justified its refusal to pay up on the ground that Brewer was indebted to it in an equal sum and the deposit had been applied in satisfaction of that claim. The special answer presenting that defense is, in substance, as follows:

On the 15th of April, 1922, Brewer drew the following draft on the White Produce Company at Greenville, Texas:

"Winnsboro, Texas, 4/15/1922.

"On demand pay to…