People ex rel. Nelson v. Lincoln Trust & Savings Bank

Patrick DeMichele filed his intervening petition in the above entitled cause seeking to have his claim on cheeks for $10,000 and $1,870 allowed as a preferred claim; the master in chancery reported against him but the chancellor sustained exceptions and entered a decree allowing a preferred claim for the amount of the checks. The receiver appeals.

The intervening petition alleges that on April 14, 1931, the Sunnyside Oil Company, a depositor in the Lincoln Trust and Savings Bank, drew its check to its own order for $10,000 and indorsed and delivered it to Henry Lueders, who ,caused the check…