Stewart v. National Union Bank of Maryland
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Demurrer to a bill in equity.
1Opinion of the Court
GILES. District Judge.
The complainant in this case filed a general creditor's bill against the defendants, alleging, among other things, that he was and is a creditor of Bayne & Co. to a large amount; that Bayne & Co. are bankrupts; that the National Union Bank, the National Mechanics’ Bank, and the National Exchange Bank are national banks, organized under the act of eon-gress entitled “An act to provide a national currency.’’ approved June 3, 1S64; that sec'tion 29 of said act provides “that the total liabilities to any association of any person or of any company, corporation, or firm, for…
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