Case of the Mechanics' Bank of Williamsburgh
New York Supreme Court
Order to show cause why an order should not be made declaring the Mechanics’ Bank of Williamsburgh insolvent, and appointing a receiver. The facts involved in the case appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBirdseye, J.
—On the 21st of October instant, affidavits made by William B. Lewis, comptroller, and Crawford C. Smith, treasurer of the city of Brooklyn, were presented to me, which alleged in substance that a debt was due from the Mechanics’ Bank of Williamsburgh to the city of Brooklyn, payable on demand, amounting to $14,694.16, with interest from October 20, 1853, at the rate of four and one-quarter per cent, per annum; that on the 10th day of October instant, a draft or check on said bank for $16,000, signed by the mayor and comptroller of the city of Brooklyn, payable to the order of, and endorsed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Curtis v. LeavittNew York Supreme Court · 1853