Winfield Livestock Auction, Inc. v. Farmers State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action by the Winfield Livestock Auction, Inc. (plaintiff-appellant), payee of a check which was protested and returned by the Farmers State Bank of Hardtner Kansas (defendant-appellee), upon which the check was drawn, seeking to recover from the bank the uncollected balance of the check. Upon joinder of issues and after a pretrial conference, the trial court sustained a motion for judgment on the pleadings, as amended, and upon the admissions made by the plaintiff. It thereupon entered judgment for the defendant, and appeal…