Stearns v. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. Bill by John S. Lawrence, receiver of the Northern National Bank of Big Rapids, against Ceorge F. Stearns. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. Bill by John S. Lawrence, receiver of the Northern National Bank of Big Rapids, against Ceorge F. Stearns. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The defendant in error, as receiver of the Northern National Bank, of Big Rapids, Mich., brought this suit by bill in the court below to recover from the appellant damages for alleged breach of trust and negligence on his part while the active managing officer and president of that bank. The original capital stock of the bank was fixed at the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, District Judge
The discussion of the case at bar in this court has not taken so wide a range as it apparently did in the court below. In the brief and argument in this court, counsel for appellant have urged two principal objections as grounds for reversal: (1) It is insisted that the proof does not sustain the charge that appellant, Stearns, at the time the Anderson & Griffin note was taken, and other paper of the bank surrendered, had knowledge of the existence of the Baker guaranty, on account of which the balance of this note was subsequently lost to the bank; and (2) the statute of limitation is relied…
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