Nye & Ormsby County Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: May 18, 1916
Location: Goldfield, Nevada (37.709, -117.236)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 4d4da82b

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Description

Article (Tonopah Daily Bonanza, 1916-05-18) reports E. O. Patterson as receiver of the Nye & Ormsby County Bank and discusses litigation and sale of the bank building. No run or depositor panic is described; the bank is in receivership, so classified as a suspension leading to closure. 'County Bank' suggests a state-chartered institution, so bank_type set to 'state'.

Events (1)

1. May 18, 1916 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: E. O. Patterson, receiver of the Nye & Ormsby county bank, arrived this morning from Goldfield... negotiating for the sale of the bank building there... When asked as to the status of the bank's affairs, Mr. Patterson said: 'In the matter of the intervention suit brought by the receiver...','cause':null,
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. May 18, 1916 Tonopah Daily Bonanza Tonopah, NV

Article from Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 18, 1916

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Article Text

N. & 0. COUNTY BANK SUIT APPEALED AGAIN RECEIVER BLAMES FIRST NA. TIONAL OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR DELAY E. O. Patterson, receiver of the Nye & Ormsby county bank. arrived this morning from Goldfield, where he spent the past three days negotiating for the sale of the bank building there, a four story stone structure. When asked as to the status of the bank's affairs, Mr. Patterson said: "In the matter of the intervention suit brought by the receiver in the case in the First National bank of San Francisco against Nye county, removal was asked by the plaintiff from the fifth judicial district court to the United tSates district court. We beat this motion; but the plaintiff then arbitarily carried the case into the United States court, filing copies of the original papers. We filed motion to remand to the fifth judicial district court and the matter will come up for argument in a few days.