Porterfield v. Farmers Exchange Bank of Gallatin

In this proceeding Katherine Porterfield, guardian and curator of her minor children, Dorothy and Byron, seeks to impress upon the funds and assets of the defunct bank mentioned in the title a preferred claim in the sum of $20,000. The trial court disallowed the claim in toto, either as preferred or general. Plaintiff appealed.

In order to more fully understand the actions of the parties connected with this case, a short history of the matter must be related. Plaintiff's husband, a physician, practicing medicine at Jamesport, Missouri, and Dr. R.V. Thompson, cashier of the defunct bank, had…