Kent Clark v. United States

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• holding the rule that the singular includes the plural “obviously ... is not one to be applied except where it is necessary to carry out the evident intent of the statute.”
• stating that the Dictionary Act’s provision, treating singular terms as plural, “is not . . . to be applied except where it is necessary to carry out the evident intent of the statute”
• discussing the use of quo warranto to determine whether a national bank was acting in excess of its charter
• “Certainly an incidental power can avail neither to create powers which, expressly or by reasonable implication, are withheld nor to enlarge powers given; but only to carry into effect those which are granted.”
• “Certainly, an incidental power can avail neither to create powers which, expressly or by reasonable implication, are withheld nor to enlarge powers given; but only to carry into effect those which are granted.”
• state 6 21-400-cv, 21-403-cv Cantero v. Bank of Am., N.A. 1 statute “prohibiting [bank] branches, does not . . . interfere with the discharge of 2 [national bank] duties” because no federal statute authorized national bank 3 branches

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