St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Millspaugh

BRADLEY,, J.

— For convenience we will refer to the claimant and the commissioner of finance as plaintiff and defendant.

Plaintiff had a demand against Thomas Egger, Private Banker, whose bank had failed, and sought to have this demand allowed as a preferred claim. The trial court denied a preference and plaintiff appealed.

The facts are as follows. Thomas Egger, Private Banker, conducted a bank at Lamar, Mo. May 13, 1924, plaintiff’s station agent at Lamar bought from Eggeri’s bank a draft in the sum of $221,.18 and gave cash therefor in the sum of $66 and the balance in certain checks which…