Legal Opinion
Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Consolidated School District No. 3
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 13, 1928No. 26,689PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Trover for promissory notes of the alleged value of upwards of $8,000. Defendants appeal from an order sustaining a general demurrer to the answer challenging the sufficiency of both the attempted defense and a counterclaim.
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Ogilvie has been closed and is being wound up by Mr. Yeigel as commissioner of banks. To the charge that its notes were converted by defendants in December, 1926, the defense is that the paper was then pledged with defendant Hodgins as treasurer of his codefendant, the school district, to secure a deposit of school district funds. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Western National Bank v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- County of Divide v. BairdNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
- Oulton v. Savings InstitutionSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Commercial Banking & Trust Co. v. Citizens Trust & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Ward v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. PottorffSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- People Ex Rel. Nelson v. Wiersema State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
- Duncan, Tax Collector v. GablerTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- State Bank of Commerce v. StoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- German-American Finance Corp. v. Merchants & Manufacturers State BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
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