Morrison v. Bank of Mount Hope

Riley, Judge:

E. L. Morrison, receiver of the Bank of Pax, sought recovery in the amount of $2,721.73 against the Bank of Mt. Hope for fraud and deceit in an action of trespass on the case instituted in the Circuit Court of Fayette County. The trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration, and its rulings were certified here upon the court’s own motion.

The following are the pertinent allegations of the declaration, which, for convenience, will be stated in narrative form:

On July 1, 1926, H. F. West and wife, then owners of two lots in the town of Pax, Fayette County, West…