County Court of Greenbrier County v. Bank of Williamsburg

Litz, Judge :

The object of this suit is to establish a preference in favor of a county as creditor of an insolvent bank. To the ruling of the trial court sustaining demurrers to the bill of the county court of Greenbrier County and the petition of John H. Boling, sheriff, this appeal is prosecuted.

The bill alleges that the state commissioner of banking on January 2, 1932, closed defendant Bank of Williamsburg and thereafter appointed E. L. Morrison receiver to administer its assets; that at the time it was closed, the bank owed the state $1220.28 and Greenbrier County $21,838.54, for…