Nevada Bank v. Portland Nat. Bank
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
At Law. Action by the Nevada Bank of San Francisco against the Portland National Bank and George W. Hazen to recover damages for false representations. On demurrers to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff brings an action for damages against the defendants. It is alleged in the complaint that the Portland National Bank had for one of its customers the Ainslie Lumber Company, and that the company was indebted to the bank in the sum of $90,000, and was insolvent. That the defendant Hazen, who was the cashier and acting manager of the bank, knew' of the financial condit ion of said company, as likewise did the bank. That, with intent to defraud the plain till, and to induce it to advance money to said company, thereby reducing the said indebtedness to itself,…
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