DOMENECH v. NATIONAL CITY BANK

No. 386.

294 U.S. 199 (1935)

DOMENECH, TREASURER OF PUERTO RICO, v. NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 4, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Cattron Rigby, with whom Mr. Benjamin J. Horton, Attorney General of Puerto Rico, and Mr. Nathan R. Margold were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Earle T. Fiddler, with whom Mr. John A. Garver was on the brief, for respondent.

By leave of Court, Messrs. F.G. Awalt, George P. Barse, and John F. Anderson filed a brief on behalf of the Comptroller of the Currency, as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent, a national banking association whose principal office and place of business is in New York, applied for and obtained authority to operate branches in Puerto Rico, pursuant to § 25 of the Federal Reserve Act as amended.1 In 1932 the bank, as required by local law, filed with the petitioner a sworn statement of assets as...

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