Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Commissioner of Banks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1924PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These three suits have to" do with the relations of one Ponzi to the Hanover Trust Company. Ponzi is a bankrupt and his affairs are being settled by his trustee in bankruptcy, who is the plaintiff in all the suits. The Hanover Trust Company is being liquidated by the commissioner of banks under G. L. c. 167, § 22, and is the defendant in all the suits. It may be assumed that the trust company is insolvent. See Commissioner of Banks in re Prudential Trust Co. 244 Mass. 64.
The first suit is brought to establish against the trust company a claim for $1,500,000 and interest. It is founded on a…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- Scovill v. ThayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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