Legal Opinion
Hellawell v. Town of Hempstead
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 5, 1935No. 7280PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INCH, District Judge.
The receiver of the First National Bank of Hempstead brings this suit against the town of Hempstead, Nassau county, Long Island, N. Y.
The plaintiff, by his bill, alleges three causes of action. The first and third causes of action relate to an alleged void pledge of assets of the bank to secure the deposit by the town supervisor of town money, representing taxes collected by the town. The second cause of action seeks to recover a certain portion of these assets so pledged on the theory that, at the time they were so pledged, the hank was insolvent and unable to meet its…
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