City of Spokane v. First Nat. Bank of Spokane

This case is similar to the foregoing-suit of Spokane County v. Same Defendant, 68 Fed. 979. The bill of complaint differs, however, from tlie bill in that case in one imp or-tant particular. It contains the averment that tlie city treasurer has deposited with the First National Bank of Spokane public moneys of tlie city, known by the oflicers of tlie bank to be such, and that said oflicers failed to keep said money separate and distinct from other funds, but wrongfully mixed and commingled the same with the money of the bank, and that it has used tlie same in paying its employés, patrons, clients, and depositors, “and in the purchase by said defendant First National Bank of the property, notes, bills, and securities now constituting and forming the assets of said defendant First National Bank, in the possession of the receiver, hereinafter mentioned.” Thereafter follows the allegation that the receiver has, since his appointment, collected of the assets of said bank a sum equal to the amount still due the city. We construe these averments of the bill to distinctly allege that the assets that came into the hands of the receiver were purchased by the bank with the city’s money.

In the light of the authorities cited in the foregoing decision, and of the conclusions there reached, we are of the opinion that the demurrer to this bill should have been overruled. It is our judgment, therefore, that the decree be reversed at the cost of the ap-pellees, and that the cause be remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.