Legal Opinion
Haight v. City of Syracuse
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided May 29, 1940PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BRYANT, District Judge.
By this suit the receiver of the Salt Springs National Bank seeks to recover from the City of Syracuse the proceeds of certain pledged securities paid to the City by the Bank after it was officially closed. Recovery is sought on the ground that the City obtained unlawful preference within -the meaning of the National Bank Act. There is no dispute of material facts.
The Salt Springs National Bank of Syracuse, a duly chartered national bank, was closed by proclamations, made by the Governor of New York, March 4, 1933, and the President, March 6, 1933, declaring a bank…
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