Futrall v. City of Pine Bluff

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

' This is an action at law brought by the present receiver of the National Bank of Arkansas, of Pine Bluff, Ark., against the City of Pine Bluff, a municipal corporation of the State of Arkansas, and the officers of the city, to recover $43,037.81 alleged to have been erroneously and unlawfully paid to the city on November 22, 1930, by the receiver’s predecessor. The action was commenced November 19, 1935, nearly five years after the alleged overpayment was made. The city and its officers (who will be referred to as defendants) in their answer denied that the payment…