White v. Greenlee

The Circuit Court of Pike County denied to appellant, Treasurer of Pike County, the right of priority to a claim based on a deposit of county funds in the sum of $7,892.71, and the Treasurer appealed. The facts are undisputed. The special deputy commissioner in charge of the liquidation of the Pike County Bank allowed the claim of the County Treasurer in the amount stated and certified it to the circuit court for the determination of the question of priority under Section 5339, Revised Statutes 1929.

It was proved by the records that the county court received ten proposals of banks on May 6,…