International Trust Co. v. Weeks

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit at common law against an agent appointed by the shareholders of the Broadway National Bank to close its affairs. The allegations are such that jurisdiction is sustainable provided the case is one for “winding up” the affairs of the bank, or one which arises under the laws of the United States; otherwise, jurisdiction cannot be retained. Following the practice in this circuit of yielding to the decisions of the circuit court of appeals in other circuits, we regard ourselves bound by Guarantee Co. *899v. Hanway, 44 C. C. A. 312, 104 Fed. 369, and McCartney v.…