Cogswell v. Second National Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the appointment of a receiver to wind up the affairs of a national banking association, and to collect certain assets which, as alleged, its managers had wrongfully charged off or disposed of; brought to the Superior Court for New London County.
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Action for the appointment of a receiver to wind up the affairs of a national banking association, and to collect certain assets which, as alleged, its managers had wrongfully charged off or disposed of; brought to the Superior Court for New London County. An application for the- appointment of a temporary receiver was made to Hon. John M. Thayer, a judge of the court, in vacation, by whom a plea in abatement and to the jurisdiction, and afterwards a demurrer to the application, were overruled and the application granted. On the coming in of the Superior Court, a demurrer to the complaint was…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
That a national banking association derives its franchise from the United States does not exempt it from subjection to such State laws as do not impair its efficiency in performing those functions by which it was designed to serve the United States, nor trench upon a field occupied by Congressional legislation. National Bank v. Commonwealth, 9 Wall. 353, 362; Davis v. Elmira Savings Bank, 161 U. S. 275, 283, 287; Easton v. Iowa, 188 id. 220, 238. Jurisdiction of suits by or against such associations, “ except suits between them and the United States, or its officers and agents, shall be the…
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