WHITNEY v. BUTLER


118 U.S. 655 (1886)

WHITNEY and Others, Executors, v. BUTLER, Receiver.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 1, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.R. Hoar, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. A.A. Ranney, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error are the personal representatives of Leonard Whitney, who, at the time of his death, held two certificates for fifty shares each of the capital stock of the Pacific National Bank of Boston. That bank suspended on November 18, 1881, and from that date until March 18, 1882, was in charge of an examiner of national banks. On the day last named, with the permission of the Comptroller of the...

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