Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 3 | Fargo Decision Causes Dispute

FARGO DECISION CAUSES DISPUTE J Chief Justice Announces Minority Opinion in Bank Case. HlSM lit K, N. D.i Nov. .M. lio- porti tlittl tht rtcoat flsclsion of the stal supreme court permitting tlio BoMdlnavlaq American bfcbk o Pbfftu to raoptn luiti i-anst'it bittoi dispute fcQOJlfl members ot' the OOUrl. apparently apparent-ly WOtO rout'irntt'd todnv nnuomie.'-inent nnuomie.'-inent of the minority opinion ot' rhicf .1 nst it, a. M. ( JfarUi La n toil, Hi iuim'ti with Justice Luther Bird- .sell iii otiny gai&ft tlio majority decision. Tiu only proof received in the oato consisted oi e parte ut'fiilavil.s, 1 ' said Justice ChriittaUaon opinion, which sharply erlUolsod tho rujina rottraiu Ukft t ho state hanking board from in terferina with tho F&rgo bank's affairs and hold thai "vost-date1 checks wera sai lafaotory collateral. ' ' Tho .judgment .judg-ment of t his court as announced by tl' majority not only in effect finds tht' respondents guilty of wrongful of fioiat notion luit, for yood measure, pronounooH condemnation ' and mulcts t hom for costs. Tlio respondents were denied an opportunity to eTCa-examhio a single person Vl0 made an affidavit iytainst tnem or to produce or examine in court a slunk' witness. TU' law in this country must hour before U ooa ilemns. ' Tlio stato Itaiikiutt board wus rent re-nt rained by ifhe majority ruling f rom kaapiM tho Farjco bank eiosed until it had reduced its alleged oxt'ssio loan: to tho Nonpartisan league and several sev-eral of its Htitisidiat ios.