Curtis v. Phelps
District Court, N.D. New York
In Equity. Bill by Rensselaer R. Curtis, as receiver of‘the First National Bank of New Berlin, against Aimer H. Phelps and others. On motion by defendant Herbert R. Wheeler for a further and better statement of complainant’s claim and further and better particulars of the various matters alleged in the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The complainant is the receiver of the First National Bank of New Berlin, and his information necessarily has been derived from an examination of the books of the said bank and papers found therein when it was closed and came into his possession, and information derived from the directors, officers, and employés and customers of the said bank, and people residing in that vicinity.
[1] The defendants were directors of the said bank, and, for years, or during their respective terms of office, had access to all the books and papers of the' bank (and such books will be open for…
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