Gibson v. Peters
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR • TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE- THE UNITED STATES EOR THE ■ EASTERN DISTRICT OE VIRGINIA. The plaintiff in error brought this action against the defendant in error as receiver of the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, to recover the value of legal services alleged to have been rendered, or offered to be rendered, by him as United States District Attorney in a certain suit brought in the name of that receiver, against one R. H. McDonald, which suit was subsequently, in…
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ERROR • TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE- THE UNITED STATES EOR THE ■ EASTERN DISTRICT OE VIRGINIA. The plaintiff in error brought this action against the defendant in error as receiver of the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, to recover the value of legal services alleged to have been rendered, or offered to be rendered, by him as United States District Attorney in a certain suit brought in the name of that receiver, against one R. H. McDonald, which suit was subsequently, in August, 1885, dismissed on .motion of the receiver- as settled. Pursuant to a' written stipulation of the parties, the case…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Harlan,
after stating the case, delivered- the opinion of the court.
It is provided by section 380 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, that all suits and proceedings arising out of the provisions of law governing national banking associations, in which the United States or any of its officers or agents are parties, shall be conducted by the District Attorneys of the several districts under the direction and supervision of the Solicitor of the Treasury. .
The suit brought against McDonald was one arising out of the provisions of the act of Congress governing such…
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