State Ex Rel. Peoples Bank v. Melton

This is an action brought in the name of the State of Missouri at the relation of the Peoples’ Bank of Sumner, Chariton County, Missouri, against Thomas B. Melton, circuit clerk of Pettis County, and his official bondsmen.

The cause originated in Pettis ’County and by change of venue was transferred to Cooper County, where it was tried November 1, 1921. The petition recites that on November Í2, 1920, while Thomas B. Melton was clerk of the circuit court of Pettis County and while his official bond was in force, relator, by its attorney, filed its petition in the office of the said circuit…