Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Sparks v. State Bank & Trust Co.

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1909No. 1812PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Ormsby County; F. P. Langan, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of Governor John Sparks and others, constituting the Board of Bank Commissioners of the State of Nevada, against The State Bank and Trust Company and others. From an adverse judgment, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Ormsby County; F. P. Langan, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of Governor John Sparks and others, constituting the Board of Bank Commissioners of the State of Nevada, against The State Bank and Trust Company and others. From an adverse judgment, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. As a valid law in this state can "embrace but one subject and matter properly connected therewith, which subject shall be briefly expressed in the title” the first inquiry natur rally is,…

1Opinion of the Court

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The appeal is from a judgment of the district court declaring that it was unsafe for the defendant The State Bank and Trust Company to continue business, ordering the bank into liquidation, enjoining its directors from transacting any of its business, appointing a receiver, and directing the bank examiner to deliver to the receiver all property of the bank. We have presented for consideration the constitutionality of an *464act entitled "An act creating a board of bank commissioners, defining their duties, providing for the appointment of a bank examiner, prescribing his duties,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Montclair v. RamsdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Muller v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. MaySupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  5. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. MettlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Cosmopolitan Trust Co. v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  2. People v. Bank of San Luis ObispoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Ormsby County v. KearneyNevada Supreme Court · 1914
  4. State Savings & Commercial Bank v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Eureka County Bank Habeas Corpus CasesNevada Supreme Court · 1912

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