Kains v. First National Bank

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover a sum of money alleged to be due plaintiff’s assignor from the estate of defendant’s decedent, defendant appeals.

These are the material facts:

Oliver O. Clark, plaintiff’s assignor, had acted as attorney for Anna Powell Crookshank for a long period of time prior to her death. After her death, which occurred September 10, 1936, he filed with defendant, the administrator of her c-state, a verified claim in the amount of $22,350, which claim was rejected and the present suit instituted…