Supreme Court of Kansas December 7, 1901, No. 12,520 (St. John v. Berry)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

The defendant in error had judgment in the court below and the plaintiffs in error bring the same here for review. The defendants were, •on the 30th of January, 1897, and had been for sev.eral years prior thereto, engaged in the banking business in the city of Hutchinson, running a private hank known as the Bank of James St. John & Oo.