Fergus County v. Federal Reserve Bank

At the times mentioned herein, the First State Bank of Coffee Creek (called the Coffee Creek bank) was a state bank which was not affiliated with the Federal Eeserve System in any manner, so far as disclosed by the record. The Empire & State Bank of Lewistown (called the Lewistown bank) was also a state bank, but it was a component part of the Federal Eeserve System ■ — a member bank of the Federal Eeserve Bank of Minneapolis (herein called the defendant). About December 1, 1923, certain persons who were indebted to Fergus county delivered to the county treasurer checks drawn on the Coffee…