11265. Bank of Willow City (Willow City, ND)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 2, 1919
Location
Willow City, North Dakota (48.604, -100.294)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
5dccc8c476909813

Response Measures

None

Description

All articles are legal summonses naming the Bank of Willow City as 'a corporation, defunct' and naming James M. Watson as its receiver (dated Dec. 2, 1919). No newspaper text describes a run or a temporary suspension/reopening; the bank is in receivership and effectively closed, so classification is suspension_closure (permanent closure with receiver).

Events (1)
1. December 2, 1919 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Bank of Willow City, a corporation, defunct, and ... James M. Watson, its receiver, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned ... Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 2nd day of December, 1919.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)
1. December 11, 1919 The Bottineau Courant Bottineau, ND
Article from The Bottineau Courant, December 11, 1919

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Article Text

of One Hundred Sixty Two, Range Eighty Three, Bottineau County, N. Dak. Dated Nov. 10th A. D. 1919. Caroline M. Kelly, Administratrix. SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF BOTTINEAU, IN DISTRICT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Hans A. Hanson Plaintiff vs Bank of Willow City, a corporation, defunct, and J. W. Gordon, M. B. Gordon, W. B. Gordon and Jacob P. Hager, as its trustees, directors, stockholders and managers, and James M. Watson, its reDefendants. ceiver, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Bottineau County, North Dakota, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office in the City of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, within thirty days after the service upon you, exclusive of the date "of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 2nd day of December. 1919. McGee & Goss. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Minot, North Dakota. To the above named defendants: Notice is hereby given that this action relates to and is brought for the purpose of excluding all of said defendants from any interest in and to the Southwest quarter (SW) of Section thirty-four (34) in Township one hundred fifty-nine (159) North of Range seventy-four (74) West. within Bottineau County, North Dakota, under a mortgage thereon executed and delivered by Hugh B. Gordon and Margaret Gordon to defendant Bank of Willow City, dated February 21, 1891, and assigned to A. W. Kenney, by written assignment, and subsequently paid to said A. W. Kenney by said mortgagors. McGee & Goss, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Minot, N. Dak. D. 11 to J. 15.

2. December 25, 1919 The Bottineau Courant Bottineau, ND
Article from The Bottineau Courant, December 25, 1919

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# SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF BOTTINEAU, IN DISTRICT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Hans A. Hanson Plaintiff VS Bank of Willow City, a corporation, defunct, and J. W. Gordon, M. B. Gordon, W. B. Gordon and Jacob P. Hager, as its trustees, directors, stockholders and managers, and James M. Watson, its receiver, Defendants. THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Bottineau County, North Dakota, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office in the City of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, within thirty days after the service upon you, exclusive of the date of service, and in case of your failure to

3. January 1, 1920 The Bottineau Courant Bottineau, ND
Article from The Bottineau Courant, January 1, 1920

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SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF BOTTINEAU, IN DISTRICT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Plaintiff Hans A. Hanson vs Bank of Willow City, a corporation, defunct, and J. W. Gordon, M. B. Gordon, W. B. Gordon and Jacob P. Hager, as its trustees, directors, stockholders and managers, and James M. Watson, its reDefendants. ceiver, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Bottineau County, North Dakota, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office in the City of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, within thirty days after the service upon you, exclusive of the date of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be tak-

4. January 15, 1920 The Bottineau Courant Bottineau, ND
Article from The Bottineau Courant, January 15, 1920

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SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNIN DISTRICT TY OF BOTTINEAU, COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Plaintiff Hans A. Hanson vs Bank of Willow City, a corporation, defunct, and J. W. Gordon, M. B. Gordon, W. B. Gordon and Jacob P. Hager, as its trustees, directors, stockholders and managers, and James M. Watson, its reDefendants. ceiver, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Bottineau County, North Dakota, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office in the City of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, within thirty days after the service upon you, exclusive of the date of service. and in case of your failure to appear or answer. judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this 2nd day of December. 1919. McGee & Goss. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Minot. North Dakota. To the above named defendants: Notice is hereby given that this action relates to and is brought for the purpose of excluding all of said defendants from any interest in and to the Southwest quarter (SW) of Section thirty-four (34) in Township one hundred fifty-nine (159) North of Range seventy-four (74) West. within Bottineau County, North Dakota, under a mortgage thereon executed and delivered by Hugh B. Gordon and Margaret Gordon to defendant Bank of Willow City, dated February 21, 1891. and assigned to A. W. Kenney, by written assignment, and subsequently paid to said A. W. Kenney by said mortgagors. McGee & Goss. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Minot, N. Dak. D. 11 to J. 15.