Legal Opinion
Witters v. Foster
United States Circuit Court
Decided March 13, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This is a bill of revivor. The original bill charged the intestate, in connection with others as directors of the bank, with neglect of duty in not requiring a bond of the cashier, and in not holding meetings and appointing committees and receiving reports as required by the by-laws; in allowing persons to become indebted to an amount exceeding one-tenth of the capital; and in reckoning assets as good as a basis of dividends, when they were in fact worthless, contrary to the provisions of the statutes. Sections 5200, 5202, 5204.
Objection is made to reviving the suit upon the grounds that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Manwell v. BriggsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
- Bellows v. Administrator of AllenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Dana v. LullSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Administrator of Barrett v. CopelandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1848
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