Western Bank of Missouri v. Gilstrap

The plaintiff brought suit to recover a balance due upon a stock note, and the defendant offset professional services in giving counsel upon amending a legislative act, under which the plaintiff’s branch at Bloomington went into liquidation. Under the instruction to the jury, the offset was' not allowed, and defendant appeals. The evidence shows that the president of the branch was out of the country; that there was no acting officer except the cashier; that the cashier employed defendant to perform the services. It also shows that the corporation met and availed, themselves of the provisions…