Bank of Millvale v. Ohio Valley Bank

Citations

• 234 Pa. 1
• 82 A. 1115
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 602

Syllabus

<p>Banks and banking — Stockholders—-Lien on stock — Statutes—Repeal— Acts of May IS, 1876, P. L. 161, and June £4,1895, P. L. £58.</p> <p>1. The lien which a state bank organized under the Act of May 13, 1876, P. L. 161, has upon the shares of capital stock owned by its stockholders has been taken away by the Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 258.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Title of statute — Banks and banking — Act of June £4,1895, P. L. £58.</p> <p>2. The Act of June 24,1895, P. L. 258, entitled “An Act relating to and regulating the issue and transfer of certificates of stock by companies incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth,” is sufficient in its title to embrace the repeal of the lien on shares of capital stock of state banks given by the Act of May 13,1876, P. L. 161.</p>