Pierce v. National Bank of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; Charles B. Earis, Judge. Suit by Henry Clay Pierce against the National Bank of Commerce in St. Eouis. From a decree of dismissal, and an order denying a temporary injunction, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Henry Clay Pierce brought a suit in equity against the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis for a discovery concerning, and an accounting by it for, $750,000 par value of the mortgage bonds of the Tennessee Central Railroad Company and $250,000 par value of the bonds of the Nashville Terminal Company, which had been pledged to the bank to secure the payment to it of three promissory notes of the Tennessee Construction Company, a corporation, aggregating $700,000, the payment of the principal of *489which had been guaranteed by J. C. Van Blarcom, and the payment of…
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