Vansandt v. Hobbs

In this action the plaintiff, as receiver of the Bank of Arcbie, in Cass county, appointed as such in an injunction proceeding instituted by the Secretary of State; under which said bank was closed on or about the twentieth of July, 1895, sues to recover damages in the sum of $770 from the defendant who was the then acting president of said bank, for the conversion to his own use of a promissory note for $750, described in the petition. The answer was a general *656denial. • Tbe case was tried before tbe court without a j ury. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the court for nine…