Acker v. Hamilton

The main object of this suit is to enjoin the collection of assessments levied by the Comptroller of the Currency on the stockholders of the District National Bank. The case is heard on motions of various defendants to dismiss the supplemental and amended bill of complaint.

*276Two grounds are relied on to support the main object of the suit; first, that in September, 1933, the Comptroller made certain representations to the stockholders which amounted to a promise that there would be no receivership or stock assessment; and, second, that in order to pay the debts of the bank it is not necessary…