FIRST NATL. BANK v. WILLIAMS

No. 618.

252 U.S. 504 (1920)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, v. WILLIAMS, COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Stanchfield, with whom Mr. M.J. Martin, Mr. John P. Kelly, Mr. Charles A. Collin and Mr. Henry P. Wolff were on the brief, for appellant.

The Solicitor General and Mr. La Rue Brown, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. A.F. Myers was on the brief, for appellee:


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant, whose place of business is within the Middle District of Pennsylvania, brought this suit in the United States District Court for that District, seeking an injunction to prevent John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, from doing certain things under color of his office declared to be threatened, unlawful, arbitrary and oppressive.

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