Seaborn v. First Judicial District Court

These combined proceedings in prohibition, initiated in this court on the petitions of Edward J. Seaborn, as superintendent of banks of Nevada, against the respondent court and judge thereof, may be said to be the culmination of bitter controversy between certain depositors and creditors of the so-called Wingfield banks who favor their liquidation by the superintendent of banks and those who favor their liquidation through receiverships. As between the contestants, I wish to make it plain that this court will not undertake to decide which is the best method of procedure. I also wish to make…