White v. Greenlee

This cause is founded on a claim for preference. The Eolia Bank, Pike County, had been selected as the depository of a portion of the county funds. This bank failed and was placed in charge of the Commissioner of Finance for liquidation on September 15, 1931. At the time the bank failed. Pike County had on deposit therein $6360.79. The county treasurer and the county, as claimants, filed for preference. The claim was allowed by the circuit court as a common claim, but preference was denied, and claimants appealed. The appeal was to the St. Louis Court of Appeals, but that court transferred…