Goodrich v. Remington
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In equity. The plaintiffs in these cases [Horace P. Goodrich and others] were the assignees in bankruptcy of Hiram J. Messenger.
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In equity. The plaintiffs in these cases [Horace P. Goodrich and others] were the assignees in bankruptcy of Hiram J. Messenger. The defendants [Emery B. Remington and Milton D. Packard] were, respectively, receivers, appointed by the supreme court of the state of New York, in separate proceedings, instituted against the Bank of Ontario, and against the Bank of Canton, severally ■and respectively, as insolvent banking associations, organized under the general banking law of the state of New York. The plaintiffs, by their bills, asked decrees from this court, declaring the property in the…
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, District Judge.
The facts upon which the rights of the parties, in these suits, depend, are substantially the same in the two cases, and they may, therefore, be properly disposed of upon the same grounds.
The bankrupt, being already a private banker, under the general banking law, at Cortland, determined, some years since, to establish a bank at Canandaigua, and, at a subsequent period, determined to establish another bank at Canton; but he could not establish such banks as a private banker, under the general banking law, because he already had such private bank at Cortland. Therefore,…
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