Cleveland State Bank v. Cotton Exchange Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court ’of Bolivar county. •Hon. W. A. Alcorn, Jr., Judge. Petition for mandamus by the Cotton Exchange Bank against the Cleveland State Bank. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appealed without bond. Motion to dismiss appeal overruled. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Appellee moves to dismiss the appeal in this case because no bond was filed by appellant. The Cleveland State Bank was a county depository, and as such had certain funds in its charge. The superintendent of education issued certain warrants on account of school funds which were in the said depository, and the revenue agent filed a suit enjoining the Cleveland State Bank from paying said warrants on the ground that they were issued without authority of law. No one *769was made a party defendant to the suit except the Cleveland State Bank.
The Cotton Exchange Bank acquired certain of these warrants…
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