Herndon v. Hammons

— The principal legal proposition raised in this case is identical with the one presented in the case of Hammons v. Watkins, ante, p. 76, 262 Pac. 616. There is one point urged, however, in this case which was not raised by counsel nor mentioned by us, though it was considered in the case just above cited, and we therefore shall discuss it briefly in this opinion.

Counsel for appellee urges, in support of his contention that the power to amend the charter of the defunct bank was reserved at the time the bank was incorporated and legally exercised later, the following proposition: Congress in…