Carney v. City of Grinnell

DAVIS, District Judge.

This action was instituted by E. B. Brando against the city of Grinnell, Iowa, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland and D. H. Thomas, receiver of the Merchants’ National Bank of Grinnell, Iowa. The appellant, B. J. Carney, was permitted to intervene. The court below dismissed the intervening petition, and a review of its action in so doing is sought by this appeal.

The facts are that appellant was treasurer of the city of Grinnell, Iowa; that the Merchants’ National Bank was located in the said city and had been designated as the depository of the city’s funds. The…