Legal Opinion
Johnston v. Roe
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Decided April 9, 1880PublishedCited by 8 opinions
In Equity. Demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCrary, J.
The claim sued on originated in the execution of two promissory notes by John J. Roe, one dated February 28, 1867, for $65,000, and the other dated March 4, 1867, for $35,000, payable on call and to himself. The fraud and breach of trust charged against said John J. Roe as a director of the National Bank of the State of Missouri, is alleged as having been committed on the fourteenth day of April, 1868, and consisted, as the bill avers, in certain entries upon the books of said bank made by said Roe, who was one of the directors, in collusion with the other directors of the bank. It is averred…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boyle v. Zacharie & TurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Neves v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Rogers v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Richardson v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
- McKinzie v. HillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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- Continental Nat. Bank v. HeilmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1897
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