Bushnell v. Leland

Citations

• 164 U.S. 684
• 17 S. Ct. 209
• 41 L. Ed. 598
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1701

Syllabus

<p>It has been repeatedly settled, by this court that the Comptroller of the Cur- ■ -rency has'power to appoint a receiver to a defaulting or insolvent national bank, aud to call for a ratable assessment upon the stockholders of such, bank, without á previous judicial ascertainment of the necessity for such action; and the contention that there is presented in this -case a constitutional question not considered in the prior cases is an assumption with no foundation in fact.</p>