Bachtel v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. The sole question in this case, as stated by counsel for plaintiff in error, is whether the following section of the statutes of Ohio contravenes section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States: “Every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk or agent of any banking company who shall embezzle, abstract or wilfully misapply any of the moneys, funds or credits of such company, or shall, without…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. The sole question in this case, as stated by counsel for plaintiff in error, is whether the following section of the statutes of Ohio contravenes section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States: “Every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk or agent of any banking company who shall embezzle, abstract or wilfully misapply any of the moneys, funds or credits of such company, or shall, without authority from the directors, issue or put forth any certificate of deposit, draw any order or bill of exchange, make…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Counsel, predicate the unconstitutionality of this statute, not on its provisions standing by themselves, but on its relation to other statutes.
On February 26, 1873 (70 O. L. 40), an act was passed in terms incorporating savings' and loan associations, but' with powers such as in fact authorized the carrying on of ordinary commercial banking. Under this statute a few institutions were organized. In 1880 a general incorporation law was enacted (Rev. Stat. Ohio, 1880, § 3235 and following), and under it many banks were formed. In addition the banking statistics of the State show that there are…
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