Pittsfield National Bank - Pittsfield, MA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 1260
Charter Number: 1260
Start Date: December 12, 1893
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts (42.450, -73.245)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: be939592

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Description

Article reports a Court of Appeals decision concerning the receiver of the Pittsfield National Bank (David J. Lees). This indicates the bank was in receivership (closed) and a receiver was appointed. The article does not describe any depositor run; only legal action regarding the receiver is reported.

Events (1)

1. December 12, 1893 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Pittsfield National Bank agt. William H. Bayne... David J. Lees, receiver. - Order amended by striking out the commission to receiver to retain the $450, and he is directed to repay the whole balance in his hands, with the interest actually earned and received after deducting the payment made by him to the plaintiff. No costs are imposed upon the receiver in this court. (Court of Appeals, Albany, Dec. 12.)
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 13, 1893 New-York Tribune New York, NY

Article from New-York Tribune, December 13, 1893

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Article Text

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS. DECISION RENDERED AGAINST THE RECEIVER OF THE PITTSFIELD NATIONAL BANK. Albany, Dec. 12.-The Court of Appeals handed down decisions to-day as follows. In re will of John Knoedler, Roland F. Knoedler, appellant, agt. Theodore W. Myers, Controller: William E. Sinn, appellant, agt. Cora O. Sinn; Leonora S. Gray, agt. W. T. Baker, appellant, Direk Dode, agt. Manhattan Railway, appellant; Horace W. Garland agt. C.S. Van Rensselaer, appellant; the Breckenridge Co., Limited, agt. J. D. Perkins, appellant. Order affirmed with costs. W. E. T. Smith agt. Lydia S. Floyd, appellant: Helen S. Sayles, appellant, agt. George F. Best; Katharine F. Chesebrough agt. Daniel D. Conover, appellant; C. E. Ogden agt. Elizabeth Alexander, appellant; Robert Ernst, appellant, agt. D. G. Crosby.-Judgment affirmed with costs. People agt. Mathew Johnson, appellant: People agt. Israel Adler, appellant.+Judgment affirmed. Michael P. Holland agt. Arthur Brown, appe:lant.-Judgment reversed, new trial granted, costs to abide event. Pittsfield National Bank agt. William H. Bayne, William R. Tailer, impleaded, appellant, David J. Lees, receiver.-Order amended by striking out the commission to receiver to retain the $450. and he is directed to repay the whole balance in his hands, with the interest actually earned and received after deducting the payment made by him to the plaintiff. No costs are imposed upon the receiver in this court. In re accounts of Margaret S. Chamberlain.Judgment modified in conformity with the views expressed in the opinion, and as so modified, affirmed without costs to either party. The calendar for to-morrow is Nos. 141, 142, 151, 152, 104, 139, 150, 154.