Legal Opinion

Aspinwall v. Butler

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 3, 1890No. 957PublishedCited by 18 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This case is governed by that of Delano v. Butler, 118 U. S. 634. The cases are not identical, it is true; but the principles established in that ckse require a similar decision in this. The . substantial facts, up to a certain point, are the. same; what took place afterwards cannot vary the result.

The Pacific National Bank of Boston failed, and passed into, the hands of a receiver on the 22d day of May, 1882; and the Comptroller of the Currency on the 27th of November, 1882, ordered an assessment of 100 per cent on the capital stock for the purpose of enforcing the individual 'liability of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. MINOR v. the Mechanics Bank of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  2. Delano v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Scott v. DeweeseSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Pacific National Bank v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Commissioner of Banks v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  4. Bailey v. TillinghastCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
  5. Scott v. LatimerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898

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