WHITE v. KNOX


111 U.S. 784 (1884)

WHITE v. KNOX, Comptroller.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5th, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.V. White for himself — plaintiff in error.

Mr. Nathaniel Wilson for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit for mandamus to compel the Comptroller of the Currency to pay a dividend on a debt of the Miners' National Bank of Georgetown, Colorado, an insolvent national bank. The question argued in this court arises on the following facts:

The Miners' National Bank of Georgetown was put into insolvency by the Comptroller of the Currency, and a receiver appointed about the 20th of December, 1875...

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