People Ex Rel. Auditor of Public Accounts v. West Side Trust & Savings Bank

On leave to appeal granted, this cause is here to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District.

The petitioner, Abe Michelson, filed an intervening petition in the liquidation proceedings of the West Side Trust and Savings Bank, the respondent, seeking a preferred claim of $45,000. The cause was referred to a master in chancery, who heard the evidence which was, in substance, that the petitioner was illiterate and could not write the English language except to sign his name; that he did his banking business with the respondent bank which had purchased and was holding for…