Smith v. McKee

Two cases were consolidated in a trial to the court without a jury, in one of which Simith as superintendent of banks sued on a note made by McKee to the Citizens’ Bank & Trust Company, which -McKee admitted making but claimed as a defense and counterclaim that the bank owed him for services, and in the other McKee as plaintiff sued the bank for the same services. He claimed that he was employed by the bank to commence and carry through a quieting title action involving between 9,000 and 10,000 acres of land, that he successfully performed the services and rendered a 'bill or statement to the…