Legal Opinion
Nettles v. Childs
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1939No. 4407PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
In Nettles v. Rhett, 4 Cir., 94 F.2d 42, we held that certain common and pre ferred stockholders of the Peoples Investment Corporation of South Carolina, a holding company, were subject to the statutory shareholder’s liability on the stock of the insolvent Peoples State Bank of South Carolina registered in the name of the holding company. The holding company itself was prohibited by South Carolina statute from acquiring or owning bank stock and was not subject to the liability ¿mder the South Carolina law; but the stockholders of the holding company were held liable as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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