People v. President
New York Supreme Court
On information in nature of a quo warranto. The pleadings were nearly the same in this, as in the preceding case of The People v. The Bank of Niagara, (ante, 196.) The information was filed in both cases at the same time ; and the difference in the pleadings will appear by a summary of them given in the opinion of the Court. macje satne points as in The People v. The Bank of Niagara ; and also insisted on the special causes of demurrer mentioned by the court.
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On information in nature of a quo warranto. The pleadings were nearly the same in this, as in the preceding case of The People v. The Bank of Niagara, (ante, 196.) The information was filed in both cases at the same time ; and the difference in the pleadings will appear by a summary of them given in the opinion of the Court. macje satne points as in The People v. The Bank of Niagara ; and also insisted on the special causes of demurrer mentioned by the court. He cited 5 Mass. Rep. J 230; 12 Mod. 19; 19 John. 456; 4 Mod. 58; 2 Show. 278, 9; Skin. 310; Com. Dig- Franchises, (G. 3;) Laws N. Y.…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per
Woodworth, J.
This is an information filed by the attorney general, alleging that The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Washington and Warren, without any warrant, grant or charter, have, for more than six months, used, and still do use, certain liberties, privileges and franchises, in the information set forth ; and praying that process may be had against them, to answer by what warrant they claim to use and enjoy these privileges, &c.
The defendants plead, that on the 1th of April, 1817, by an act of the legislature, they were constituted a body politic, by the title…
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