Morrisey v. Williams
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. Bill by A. Morrisey and others against C. L. Williams, Eeceiver, and by C. L. Williams, Eeceiver, against the Fidelity Banking & Trust Company and others.. The cases were consolidated, and from the decree, Morrisey and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
RobiNSON, Judge:
The appeal brings up for review decrees in consolidated causes, styled as Morrisey et al. v. Williams, Receiver, and Williams, Receiver, v. Fidelity Banking and Trust Co. et al. In the first named cause Morrisey sought, on the ground' of fraud, a rescission of a sale of bank stock, which sale was made to him by an officer of the bank on its behalf only a short time before the bank as insolvent went into the hands of a' receiver. The decree therein denies him relief. The object of the other cause was to enforce for the benefit of the erditors of the bank the so-called double…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Newton Nat. Bank v. NewbeginCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
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