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BANK CASE DECISION RENDERED Supreme Court of Nevada Reverses Judge Frank Langan of District Court ALLOWANCE FOR RECEIVER THEREBY DECLARED VOID State of Nevada is Entitled to Notice of Proceeding to Fix His Salary RENO, March 6.-Holding that the state of Nevada was entitled to notice of a proceeding to fix the salary of Receiver Frank Wildes of the defunct State Bank and Trust company, the supreme court yesterday reversed Judge Langan of the district court of Ormsby county, thus permitting the state to oppose the allowing of $10,000 a year for the receiver and heavy fees for his attorneys. The opinion is by Judge Talbot, with a concurring opinion by Justice McCarran. Justice Norcross dissented. The court held that the act of the legislature of 1913, authorizing the attorney general to investigate the State Bank and Trust company and institute such proceedings as he deemed necessary, is within the police power of the state and that the state under that power may continue to protect the depositor even after the bank has failed, instead of leaving him to hire his own attorneys to protect his interests. It holds that under this statute the attorney general should have been served with notice, and further, that his motion to set aside the order granting attorney's fees and receiver's fees should be granted. The court holds that a publication of notice is not sufficient notice. The order fixing the compensation having been made without notice is declared void.