Legal Opinion
Partridge v. Martin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1939No. Nos. 11184, 11297PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
The Federal Farm Loan Act (12 U. S.C.A. § 641 et seq.) imposes superadded liability to creditors upon the shareholders of joint stock land banks (12 U.S.C.A. § 8121), but fails to vest the right to sue for the amount of such liability in any public or court officer. Such right to sue is left to creditors who chose to assert it. Wheel*285er v. Greene, 280 U.S. 49, 50 S.Ct. 21, 74 L.Ed. 160.
The St. Louis Joint Stock Land Bank is insolvent and different suits have been brought to enforce the shareholders’ liability, those relevant here being a suit brought by Partridge on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. CaubleSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Wheeler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Christopher v. BrusselbackSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Dresdner v. Goldman Sachs Trading Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Holmberg v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Partridge v. St. Louis Joint Stock Land BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Partridge v. AinleyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1939