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Dowd v. City Savings-Bank
59 N.H. 391
| N.H. | 1879
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Proceedings having been instituted under Gen. Laws, c. 166, to settle the affairs of a bank, the court may, upon application, order a notice to be published requiring all creditors to present and prove their claims against the bank to such persons as the court may direct, and in default to be precluded from all benefit of the assets of the bank. G. L., c. 166, s. 16. The decision of commissioners appointed under this statute is final. No right to appeal is given. Herein the plaintiff claims the statute conflicts with his constitutional right to a jury trial. The plaintiff voluntarily presented his claim to the commissioner, and at the hearing before the commissioner did not object to the proceeding. Having invoked the arbitrament of a tribunal, the plaintiff cannot now deny its authority. By voluntarily submitting his claim to the decision of the commissioner, he waived his right to question the constitutionality of the statute making that decision final. Houston v. Wheeler, 52 N.Y. 641; Parker v. Burns,57 N.H. 602; Deverson v. Railroad, 58 N.H. 129; Smith v. Fellows, id. 169; Daniels v. Lebanon, id. 284; Boyd v. Webster, id. 336.

Exceptions overruled.

FOSTER, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

Case Details

Case Name: Dowd v. City Savings-Bank
Court Name: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Date Published: Dec 5, 1879
Citation: 59 N.H. 391
Court Abbreviation: N.H.
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