SPARKS, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The questions presented are: (1) Whether the pledge of securities was within the powers of the Bank and therefore valid; and (2) assuming the pledge to be invalid for lack of power, whether the receiver may recover the securities so pledged.
The courts in this country are not in accord as to whether national or state banks may pledge their assets as security for deposits of public or private money....
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