McAdoo v. Farmers State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The plaintiff brought an action against the Farmers State Bank of Zenda to recover upon a check for $2,000 drawn upon the bank by F. M. Smith in favor of C. H. Cowles, plaintiff’s station agent at Zenda, and duly certified by the bank. In its answer,, the bank attempted to justify its refusal to pay by alleging that Smith directed it not to pay the check for certain reasons stated in the answer, and the bank asked that Smith be made a party defendant. The plaintiff’s demurrer to the answer and motion for judgment on the pleadings were both…