Weed v. Bergh, Commissioner of Banking
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an o-rder of the circuit court for Waupaca county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity brought by a private banking-partnership against the banking commissioner and the district attorney of Waupaca county to restrain those officials from enforcing ch. 285, Laws of 1909, requiring all private banking concerns to incorporate, on the ground that the law is unconstitutional.
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Appeal from an o-rder of the circuit court for Waupaca county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity brought by a private banking-partnership against the banking commissioner and the district attorney of Waupaca county to restrain those officials from enforcing ch. 285, Laws of 1909, requiring all private banking concerns to incorporate, on the ground that the law is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs appeal from an order sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint. By the complaint it is alleged that the plaintiffs are copart-ners and have been such for many years,…
1Opinion of the Court
*572The following opinion was filed February 1, 1910:
WiNsnow, C. J.
Ch. 285 of the Laws of'1909 adds three sections to the general banking laws of the state, numbered, respectively, 2024 — 781, 2024 — 78m, 2024 — 78n. The first of these sections provides that “the soliciting, receiving, or accepting of money or its equivalent on deposit as a regular business by any person, copartnership, association, or corporation, shall be deemed to be doing a banking business, whether such deposit is made subject to check or is evidenced by a certificate of deposit, a pass book, a note, a receipt, or other…
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