Legal Opinion
Hightower v. American National Bank of MacOn
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1923No. 25PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit in equity, in the nature of a creditor’s bill, against á national bank and its shareholders to enforce the liability of the shareholders for the bank’s debts. The. plaintiff is another national bank and sues on behalf of all creditors, although insisting it is the only one. The District Court dismissed' the bill as not stating a cause of action, 246 Fed. 721, and 248 Fed. 187; but the Circuit Court of Appeals thought the bill good and reversed that decree. 254 Fed. 249. The defendants answered; the evidence was taken before a master and reported with advisory findings, and a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wyman v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- American Nat. Bank of Macon v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MaconCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
- Hightower v. American Nat. Bank of MaconCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1921
- Poppleton v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- American Nat. Bank of Macon v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MaconDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1917
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Ames v. American National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
- Brown v. O'KEEFESupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Liberty Nat. Bank of South Carolina v. McIntoshCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Commercial Nat. Bank v. ParsonsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- City Nat. Bank of Huron, SD v. FullerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
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