Lewis v. Switz

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The plaintiff herein, as receiver of the Buffalo National Bank, seeks to recover judgment against the defendant for the amount of an assessment, levied by the comptroller of the currency, upon the shares of stock held in said bank; it being averred in the petition that the defendant is the owner of 50 shares of the capital stock of the bank, of the par value of §100 per share. The defendant, answering said petition, avers, in substance, that he is not in fact the owner of any shares in said bank; that one Hamer was formerly the owner of the shares; that he had become…