Forrester v. Cantley

This is a suit in which the plaintiff is seeking to have allowed as an offset against his deposit in the Mt. Yernon Bank the amount of a note which he owed the bank. There is no controversy over the pleadings. The case was submitted to the court on the following agreed statement of facts:

“It is agreed that the following are the facts of this cause:

“1. That M. H. Forrester was elected Circuit Clerk for Lawrence county, Missouri, at the November election, 1926, for a term of four years, and qualified for said office and served his entire term; that he gave bond, which was duly approved, by the…