Leach v. City-Commercial Savings Bank

The facts are not in dispute, and briefly stated are as follows: The claimants, Lucy D. and Emmet A. Greene, wife and husband, formerly lived at Mason City, Iowa, but removed to Los Angeles, California, in 1920. Prior to changing their domicile, they sold to one Porter, under written contract, their residence property in Mason City, and left their executed deed in escrow with the City National Bank of Mason City, to be delivered to Porter upon his making the deferred payments. Thereafter, the City National Bank and the Commercial Savings Bank were consolidated, and as a result, the defendant,…