Laurent v. Anderson

HAHN, District Judge.

The action in the court below was one at law by the receiver of the National Bank of Kentueky, an insolvent national bank, to recover statutory double liability duly assessed against the receiver of the Banco Kentucky Company, a Delaware corporation. A jury was waived, and the ease was tried to the court. Recovery was had for the full amount of the assessment. For convenience, the parties will be referred to in this opinion as Ban-co and as receiver.

The assessment of double liability was made against Banco upon the theory that, be-mg the holder of trustees’partmrpatmn…