Legal Opinion

Harvey v. Allen

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided February 19, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions

[This was a bill in equity by Joel D. Harvey, receiver of the Scandinavian National Bank of Chicago, against Benjamin F. Allen and others.]

1Opinion of the Court

BUATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

The Scandinavian National Bank of Chicago was a bank organized under the national banking act, and subject to its provisions. It was located at Chicago, Illinois. On the 10th of December, 1872, it failed to redeem a circulating note of the denomination of $5, issued by it, when payment thereof was legally demanded at its office in Chicago, during the usual hours of business. On the same day a notary public duly protested said note for non-payment, and served a written notice of the protest on the president of the bank, and it stopped doing business, and a United…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Eyster v. GaffSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Tracy v. . First National Bank of SelmaNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  3. First National Bank of Selma v. ColbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1871

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Roberts v. HillUnited States Circuit Court · 1885
  2. First National Bank in Ada v. JacksonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  3. Roberts v. HillUnited States Circuit Court · 1885

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