Hightower v. American Nat. Bank of Macon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Action by the American National Bank of Macon against the Commercial National Bank of Macon and others as shareholders. From a decree adjudging plaintiff a-creditor with consequent right of enforcing shareholders’ liability, W. H. Hightower and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decree establishing in favor of the American Bank of Macon, Ga., the statutory liability of appellants as shareholders of the Commercial National Bank of Macon, Ga.
Reference is made to the opinion of this court on a former appeal, reported in 254 Fed. 249, 165 C. C. A. 537, in which a decree of the District Court dismissing the bill was reversed, for a statement of the averments of the bill filed by appellee, and for the full text of the contract and resolutions pleaded and attached as exhibits.
[1] It was decided on the former appeal that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- American Nat. Bank of Macon v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MaconCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
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