Case Name: AMERICAN CAN CO. v. WILLIAMS
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-11-24
Citations: 149 F. 200
Docket Number: No. 176
Parties: AMERICAN CAN CO. v. WILLIAMS.
Judges: ; Before LACOMBF, TOWNSEND, and COXE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 149
Pages: 200–201

Head Matter:
AMERICAN CAN CO. v. WILLIAMS.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
November 24, 1906.)
No. 176.
Injunction — Receiver of National Bank — Direction to Retain Funds • • Pending Suit.
It is a proper exercise of discretion on the part of a’ Circuit Court to enjoin a receiver of a national, bank from transmitting a fund in his hands .to the treasurer of the United States pending the determination by the court of a preferential claim thereto.
- [Ed. Note. — For cases in point* see Cent. Dig. vol. 27, Injunction, §§ '.86-90.):
Townsend, Circuit Judge, dissenting.
. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of New York.
F. F. Oldham and F. W. Stevens, for. appellant.
' J. M. Mitchell, for appellee.
; Before LACOMBF, TOWNSEND, and COXE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The majority of the court are satisfied that it was a proper exercise of discretion on the part of the Circuit Court to retáiii the fund within the jurisdiction until it shall have been determined, at final hearing, to whom it belongs.