Potter v. Beal
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In Equity. Bill by Asa P. Potter, president of the Maverick National Bank of Boston, against Thomas P. Beal, receiver thereof.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In Equity. Bill by Asa P. Potter, president of the Maverick National Bank of Boston, against Thomas P. Beal, receiver thereof. Complainant alleges, in substance, that he deposited in the vaults of the bank certain personal and private papers, books, and documents, which were never the property of the bank, and that some of the papers were then in a trunk, to which he held the key; that the trunk was in the vault when the bank was closed by order of the comptroller, and that the receiver has since held it,…
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, Circuit Judge.
The order of the circuit court provides that, without proof, and without hearing .the parties, except the explanation authorized by it, the master shall make a secret, private examination oi the contents of the trunk in question in this case; not for informing the court or counsel, but for distribution. He is directed to divide the contents into three parts, delivering one to complainant, one to the original defendant, Beal, and returning the third into court for the purpose of further consideration. This so clearly violates the constitutional and fundamental rights of…
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