LOUISIANA BANK v. WHITNEY


121 U.S. 284 (1887)

LOUISIANA BANK v. WHITNEY. BOARD OF LIQUIDATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas J. Semmes and Mr. Alfred Goldthwaite for the motion.

Mr. Henry C. Miller opposing.


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

This is a proceeding begun May 22, 1883, by Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, then in life, to subject a certain sum of $40,000 on deposit in the Louisiana National Bank to the payment of a judgment in her favor against the City of New Orleans. There is no dispute about the fact that the money in question was on deposit when the proceeding was begun and the bank served with...

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