T. L. Airey & Co. v. Okolona Savings Institution

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

Plaintiffs seek to recover $2490 63, alleged to be due to' them by the defendant, as a balance of a special deposit of $4990 63 placed to their credit at the defendant bank on November 1,1878, the latter having accounted for $2500 of said deposit, but having failed to account for the balance.

After answering by general denial, the defendant admits to have received the deposit as alleged, but avers that it has fully accounted to plaintiffs for the whole of said deposit, as follows: That said sum of money had been entrusted to defendant, for the…