Foltz v. Hardin

In March, 1886, and prior thereto, appellant, Davidson Harris, Strawther Givens, Sam’l McFarland, H. & W. O. Cadwallader were copartners, conducting business at Abingdon, Illinois, in the firm name of the “Union Bank of Abingdon.” The appellee and Strawther Givens, a member of the above named copartnership, were administrators of the estate of one Jacob Young, deceased. The administrators had made deposits in the bank, of estate funds, amounting to 84,200, prior to March 17, 1886. At this date such funds were required to settle the estate. The bank had no money with which to pay such…