State v. Washington Social Library Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
This is an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the prosecuting attorney of Montgomery county, against the defendants, to show by what authority they exercise banking powers.
1Opinion of the CourtGrimke, J.
The information alleges that the defendants, from September 20, 1839, have used, without any warrant, charter, or grant, the franchise of banking, by issuing notes, receiving deposits, making discounts, and by other moneyed transactions usually performed by incorporated banks, and which none but such are authorized to perform. The plea states that the defendants were incorporated by the legislature of Ohio, by an act passed February 19, 1810, entitled “an act to incorporate the Washington Social Library Company,” and, referring to the act at large» avers that thereby they have lawfully…
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