Whitney v. Ragsdale

The appellants filed their complaint in the court below, against the appellee, on the 29th of July, 1868. It alleged, that the plaintiffs were stockholders in the Second National Bank of Franklin, located at Franklin, Johnson county; the bank being organized under the National Bank Act of Congress. The amount of stock held by the plaint*108iffs, respectively, is stated; that from January 1st, 1867, to the filing of the complaint, all the capital of the bank was invested in United States bonds and stocks, except the banking house, on which all taxes had been paid; that under color of the act of…