First Nat. Bank of Canton v. Williams
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit by the First National Bank of Canton against John- Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency. On motions by defendant to quash return of service and to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
The First National Bank of Canton, Bradford county, Pa., brought this bill in equity to enjoin John Skel-ton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, from alleged threatened injury said to result from certain methods employed in the examination of the complainant bank, and in insisting upon special reports ,said to be ruinous and unauthorized by law. The bill arraigns the defendant with exceeding and abusing his lawful powers, or in exercising such powers arbitrarily, fraudulently, and for improper and illegal purposes, thereby threatening irreparable injury, and it seeks…
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