DILLINGHAM v. McLAUGHLIN

Nos. 690 and 691.

264 U.S. 370 (1924)

DILLINGHAM, AS PRESIDENT, ET AL. v. McLAUGHLIN, AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ET AL. McLAUGHLIN, AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ET AL. v. DILLINGHAM, AS PRESIDENT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oliver D. Burden, with whom Mr. Terry A. Lyon was on the briefs, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Mr. Edward G. Griffin, Deputy Attorney General of the State of New York, with whom Mr. Carl Sherman, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellees and cross-appellants.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiffs in this case are the president, vice-president and secretary and treasurer, who are also trustees, of the Mutual Benefit League of North America, described in the bill as a common law trust and sometimes denominated plaintiff. The defendants are the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, the Attorney General and the District Attorneys of the same State. The suit is a proceeding in equity...

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