Legal Opinion
Terry v. Tubman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1876No. 166PublishedCited by 58 opinions
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
The plaintiff, a citizen of Georgia, brings his action to recover from Mrs. Tubman the sum of $5,400. He alleges that he holds the circulating notes of the Bank of Augusta, Ga., to that amount; and that the defendant was, in June, 1862, and thenceforth, a holder of three hundred and seven shares of the stock of that bank, of the nominal value of $100 per share.
The Bank of Augusta was chartered Dec. 27,1845, and its charter contained the following provision: —
“ Sect. 3. That the_ individual property of the stockholders in said bank shall be bound for the ultimate redemption of the bills issued…
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