Bates v. Dresser
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity brought by the receiver of a national bank to charge its former president and directors with the loss of a great part of its assets through the thefts of an employee of the bank while they were in power. The case was sent to a master who found for the defendants; but the District Court entered a decree against all of them. 229 Fed. Rep. 772. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decree, dismissed the bill as against all except the administrator of Edwin Dresser, the president, cut down the amount with which he was charged and refused to add interest from the date…
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