City National Bank (Paducah, KY)

Episode Information

Episode UID
209301582
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
20930 national
Charter Number
2093
Start Date
October 28, 1931
Location
Paducah, Kentucky (37.083, -88.600)

Metadata

Model
gemini-3-flash-preview (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
80a81128d0c054fe

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
50.0%
Date receivership started
1931-10-28
OCC cause of failure
Economic conditions
Share of assets assessed as good
19.0%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
77.0%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
4.0%

Description

The articles discuss liquidation and dividends following the bank's collapse; the provided receivership date is used for the event.

Events (4)

1. March 18, 1873 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. October 28, 1931 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
3. October 28, 1931 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
It will be the third dividend since the bank went into receivership.
Source
newspapers
4. October 28, 1931 Suspension
Cause Details
Bank closed and entered receivership on this date per official records.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article Text

THIRD DIVIDEND FOR DEPOSITORS TO BE $378,094 9,000 Checks Are Received By Hooker From Treasury Office Today PADUCAH PATRONS MUST CALL TO GET MONEY Liquidation Thus Far Has Resulted In Payment of $1,188,000 Depositors of the defunct City National Bank will receive another 10 per cent dividend. beginning Tuesday. Checks from the office of the Comptroller of the Currency arrived today from Washington. The payment will amount to $378,094.24. It will be the third dividend since the bank went into receivership. Jeff H. Hooker, receiver for the bank, said the total dividend payment of the bank to date is $1,188,000, including the new dividend announced today. The first and second dividends also amounted to 10 per cent. More than 90 per cent of the bank's depositors live in Paducah and McCracken county. Local positors will come to the bank to individual checks. Those residing elsewhere will Mr. Hooker said the receiver's staff of assistants will be ready Tuesday to serve depositors at the windows. It necessary that depositors bring with them receipt issued by bank -when they proved their claim to dividends, Mr. Hooker said. All depositors will be served promptly upon presentation of the receipt issued by the receiver. 9,016 Checks Ready A big batch of checks from bearing the signature of the of the Currency, reached Mr. office today. The checks total 9,016. While most of them go to Paducah and patrons of the bank, several will go out in the mails. Some go to foreign countries. The checks will be to virtually every state in the Union. few will mailed Canada, Mexico, and to European countries. The bank's receiver said it will be impossible to tell this time when another dividend may be paid. one is paid. The payment of dividends dependent entireon the rapidity with which the bank's affairs liquidated. The liquidation is governed largely by payment loans by those obligated to the bank. Thousands of accounts have been handled. Many of the loans had to be balanced against deposits. takes much time to work out these details. Mr. Hooker explained that the holders of bonds of the Mechanics Trust Savings bank have filed claims will not receive their dividend at this time, but will get their 30 per cent as soon their checks been approved in Washington. This take several weeks, he said. The majority of persons owning Mechanics Trust Savings bank bonds have filed claims with the receiver. They will be paid the same dividend the City National depositors. The claims of all Mechanics bank depositors were merged with those the City National, inasmuch the City National had absorbed the assets of the Mechanics bank prior to the collapse of the former institution.


Article Text

DAMAGE RULING City National Receiver's peal Hannan Case Dismissed Ky., May of McCracken County Circuit Court the Hannan against Utterback's administrator was reversed today the of appeals. At the same time, appellate court dismissed the appeal of the receiver for the City National Bank of ducah from the circuit court's rulin filed against Hannan. The the alleged debtedness Lakeview CounPaducah, which Utterback was president, to HanThe country club, the petition stated, owed Hannan approximately $5,000 and owed the City National Bank Paducah large amount money. club's property transferred Utterback with the he would assume its debts. after Utterback's death, brought suit to recover the money alleged due him. The City National Bank filed intervening petition. The lower court entered judgment in favor Hannan against the The the bank receiver then appealed. reversing the lower court, appellate court ruled that suit should have been dismissed. Judgment Upheld May McCracken circuit the Exchange Bank Mayfield first lien on proceeds from property granting the City National Bank second lien