Frelinghuysen v. Nugent
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In Equity. Bill to establish a trust. On final hearing. This was a bill for an injunction, and to establish a trust ex maleficio, brought by Frederick Frelinghuysen, as receiver of the Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark, against Christopher Nugent and James Nugent, partners under the firm name of C. Nugent & Co., George B. Jenkinson, receiver and assignee, Eugene Kelly and others.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradiasy, Justice.
On Monday, the 31st day of October,1881, the Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark, an old and reputedly strong and wealthy institution, closed its doors, and announced itself bankrupt. Perhaps no single event had ever occurred in that city which so completely shocked and astounded its inhabitants. By his own confession, made to the directors on the day previous, the catastrophe was caused by the delinquency of Oscar L. Baldwin, the cashier. His story .was that he had used the bank’s money to carry along a firm of morocco manufacturers by the name of C. Nugent & Co., consisting…
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