Legal Opinion
Smith v. Witherow
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 15, 1939No. 6799PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
W. Macklin Witherow, Receiver of the First National Bank of Darby (hereinafter called the Bank), brought suit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the executors of the will of Lewis Lawrence Smith, a deceased holder of 85 shares of stock in the Bank, to recover an assessment of 100% levied by the Comptroller of the Currency .upon the shares. The defendant executors filed an affidavit of defense, which on a rule for judgment the court held insufficient and entered judgment for the plaintiff. The present appeal followed. The facts set forth…
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- Chicago Life Insurance v. CherrySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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