Legal Opinion
Russell v. Todd
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1940No. 329PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
The question decisive of this case is whether, in a suit brought in the federal district court in New York to enforce the statutory liability of shareholders of a joint stock land bank for its debts, the court rightly declined to apply the three-year state statute of limitations.
Respondents Todd, Work and Weiss, copartners, in behalf of themselves and other creditors of the insolvent Ohio Joint Stock Land Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, brought suit in the District Court for Southern New York against petitioners, copartners, to enforce their liability as record shareholders of the bank under § 16…
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