Miller v. Stock

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below the receiver of a national bank brought suit against a shareholder and recovered judgment for an assessment made by the Comptroller of the Currency. The shareholder has appealed.

We are admonished by the Supreme Court that it is the duty of federal courts to act promptly in aiding the Comptroller in en*774forcing the liability of shareholders, that court saying in Kennedy v. Gibson et al., 8 Wall. 498, 505, 19 L. Ed. 476: “A speedy adjustment is necessary to the efficiency and utility of the law; the interests of the creditors require it, and it was the…