Roberts v. Washington National Bank

•The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, 0. J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, W. B. Roberts, as receiver of the Washington Savings Bank, against the Washington National Bank of Spokane Falls, to recover certain property, or the value thereof, which, it was claimed, had been fraudulently obtained by the defendant from the Washington Savings Bank; and to recover the money paid by the savings bank for certain notes transferred to it by the national bank in fraud of its rights.

It was alleged that the transactions which led to the transfer- of the property should be set aside and…