Legal Opinion
O'Connor v. Bankers Trust Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1936PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
This action is brought by the present Comptroller of the Currency, the receiver of the Harriman National Bank and Trust Company of the City of New York, and Henry E. Cooper, its president, on behalf of the depositors of that institution.
Two causes of action are stated, one against the member banks of the New York Clearing House Association and a second in the alternative against the individuals who, during 1932 and 1933, composed the executive body of the association known as the clearing house committee.
*924The action against the defendant banks is to enforce the performance of an agreement…
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