Humphrey v. Helgerson

This appeal and cross-appeal have been taken from the final decree rendered in a suit in equity brought by the executrix of the will of L. E.. Humphrey, deceased, against the First National Bank of Elliott, Iowa (insolvent), and its receiver.

It was admitted by the pleadings in the suit that Mr. Humphrey had turned $18,500 over to the bank of Elliott in the year 1919, and that the amount was credited to his account on the books of the bank, and there was controversy as to what, if any, obligations the bank and its receiver owed to Mr. Humphrey’s executrix at the time the suit was brought in…