Legal Opinion
Gibbes v. Zimmerman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1933No. 117PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
This appeal brings here for review an order of the Supreme Court of South Carolina prohibiting the further prosecution of a bill in equity seeking the appointment of a receiver for The Central Union Bank. An Act of the General Assembly, approved March 9, 1933, was held to forbid the maintenance of the proceeding. The appellant, who was plaintiff in the suit, asserts that the Act impairs the obligation of contract, in violation of the Constitution of the United States. We cannot consider this contention, since in his pleading the appellant relied solely on the provisions of the state…
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