PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK v. MIXTER


124 U.S. 721 (1888)

PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK v. MIXTER. SAME v. WHITNEY. SAME v. DEMMON. BUTLER v. COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.A. Ranney for Butler, receiver.

Mr. Joshua D. Ball for Mixter.

Mr. Alfred D. Foster for Whitney.

Mr. Richard Stone for Coleman and Shepard.

Mr. Henry Wheeler for Demmon. Mr. E.W. Hutchins was with him on the brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

In the view we take of the case, the most important question to be considered is whether an attachment can issue against a national bank before judgment in a suit begun in the Circuit Court of the United States. Section 5242 of the Revised Statutes of the United States contains this provision: "No attachment, injunction, or execution shall be issued against such association or its...

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