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Uiider Rev. St. U. S. § 568, 'subd; 4, which the district oourts jurisdiotion of "all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any otncer thereof, authol,'ized by law to sU,e "tbedistrictcourt has jurisqiction ohn action to enforce the liability of a stockholder iii an insolvent national bank, brought by the receiver appointed for the baUk 1>; thacomptroller of,tbe o,un:ency. 2. , " ' , "', .',' . , ." SUll!:tjunsdiotion is not talten away by Aot U. S. july 12, 1882, § 4, and Aot U.S. Aug. tll, 1888, § 4, which take away the specialjurlsdiction of the district courts in which a natipnl101 is a party. .
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Under Rev. St. Mo. 1889, § '190, whioh provides that demands against the estates 'ofdeeessed persons may'be established by of 89me counof in tjlle Yjay, and. by cOPyof.suoh judgment to the probate court, the feaetal oourts iil MisSOuri have jurisdiction Of.uits Westablish suoh demands·
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Abttonby Lon V. Stephens, receiver of the Fifth National Bank of St. against TheklaM.Bernays,executrix of George J. Bernays, deceased..' Act U. S. July 12, 1882, § 4, provides that "the jurisdiction fOl'saits hereafter by or against any association established underauylaw providing for national banking associations, except suits between,them and the UnitedSta.tell,or its officel'$ and agents,' sball :be 'the sam'tUS * * * tbejllrisdiction for suits by banks not orgarlized t:tnder any law of the United States." Act U. S. Aug. 13, 1888', § 4, provides that "all·national bll.nkingassociations * * * shall; for the purposes ofllll actions by or against them, * * '" be deemed-citizens of the states in which they are respecti\Yely located, and ID!Bti,eti C8sesthe circuit :and' district courts shall not have jurisdiction otherthan such as they would have in caSes between individual citizens of the same state." George D.Reynolda, U. S. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff. H. A. Loevy, for defendant. i
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This is an action by the receiver of a national bank, duly order of the comptroller of the currenqy pursuant to the natloft'iil banking laws ofthe United states, and the suit is brought to enforce a liability on 35 shares of stoCk in the insolvent bank, whicb the testator owned at the time the bank .became jnsrlvent. A plea to the jurisdiction of the court has been filed by defendant's counsel. It has several times been held, after mature consideration, that a receiverappointed by tbecoplptroller of the currency to Windup the affairs ()f an insolvent. national b/lnk is an officer, of the United States, and that a suit of this character, brought by such receiver to enforce the liability ora stoCkholder in a national bank, is a States district courts, have jurisdiction of such suits, by subdivision 4 of section,. 563, nev.St. U. S., whichgi,ves the district courts juril;diction of ',' all suits at common law brought, by the v .41F.no.7 -26
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United States, or by any officer thereof authorized by law to sue." It is unnecessary to do m9.ffll.,t}}IlIl.fCl;\ll the decisions in which the subject has been fully considered. Frelinghuysen v. Baldwin, 12 Fed. Rep. 395; ,Price v.<'Abbott; H', Fed. ,\Rep.: 506;. A1'1[18trot'lg:',\ Ettlesahn, 36 Fed. Rep. 209i.platt v'IJf!Lch, ·.303; Stanton v. Ben. ;3&1··. See; "':, GibSq#;.,8.';WI1l1. .Yank; 'v'; 17
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