Lantry v. Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This suit was brought by Theoderie B. Wallace, as receiver of the Missouri National Bank of Kansas (lily, Mo., the defendant in error, against Charles J. Lantry, the plaintiff in error, to recover an assessment, in the sum of £20,-000, which had been theretofore duly assessed by the comptroller of the currency against said Lantry as the owner of 200 shares of stock in the Missouri National Bank of…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. This suit was brought by Theoderie B. Wallace, as receiver of the Missouri National Bank of Kansas (lily, Mo., the defendant in error, against Charles J. Lantry, the plaintiff in error, to recover an assessment, in the sum of £20,-000, which had been theretofore duly assessed by the comptroller of the currency against said Lantry as the owner of 200 shares of stock in the Missouri National Bank of Kansas City, Mo., which had previously become insolvent. The complaint was in the usual form, and alleged that said…
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge,
after stating tbe case as above, delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
While tbe defendant’s answer is unusually lengthy, and contains many allegations showing that be was grossly deceived as to the financial condition of tbe Missouri National Bank by tbe false and deceitful statements of its officers when be was induced to become a purchaser of its stock, and that be was not guilty of negligence up to tbe time tbe bank failed, in failing to discover that be bad been defrauded, yet, when tbe answer is carefully analyzed, it is manifest *867that the defendant seeks to escape…
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