German Savings Bank v. Citizens National Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. Charles M Waterman, Judge. The undisputed facts in this case are that the plaintiff bank and the defendant, the Citizens National Bank, are both situated in the city of Davenport, Iowa. Both have for many years been conducting a banking business in the same building in that city.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. Charles M Waterman, Judge. The undisputed facts in this case are that the plaintiff bank and the defendant, the Citizens National Bank, are both situated in the city of Davenport, Iowa. Both have for many years been conducting a banking business in the same building in that city. The two banks have a separate and independent corporate existence, though to some extent the stockholders in both institutions are the saíne, and a majority of the directors of the plaintiff bank are also directors in said Citizens National Bank. The business of each bank is…
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, C. J.
1 I. After the City National Bank had intervened in this action, it filed a motion for the removal of the cause to Clinton county, the place of residence of said intervener. This application for a change of the place of trial was made under section 2586 of the Code, which provides for the bringing of personal actions in a county wherein some of the defendants actually reside. Intervener’s thought is that it is the real party in interest, and that the defendant, the Citizens National Bank is a nominal party, only, and made a party solely for the purpose of giving the district court of Scott…
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- National Bank of North America v. BangsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Welsh v. . German American BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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