Jackson v. Freeman
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action on stock assessment; from Walker superior court—Judge Wright. February 22, 1917. This was a suit by the receiver of a national bank to collect an assessment on the capital stock of the bank, it being alleged that at the time of the appointment of the receiver it appeared on the books of the bank that the defendant was the holder of a certain number of shares of its capital stock; that the comptroller of the currency, in order to pay the debts of the bank, ordered an…
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Action on stock assessment; from Walker superior court—Judge Wright. February 22, 1917. This was a suit by the receiver of a national bank to collect an assessment on the capital stock of the bank, it being alleged that at the time of the appointment of the receiver it appeared on the books of the bank that the defendant was the holder of a certain number of shares of its capital stock; that the comptroller of the currency, in order to pay the debts of the bank, ordered an assessment on all its shareholders of $75 for each share of the capital stock owned by them, and that the receiver had…
1Opinion of the CourtBboyles, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) When
this case was before the Supreme Court (Freeman v. Jackson, 146 Ga. 55, 90 S. E. 467), under the evidence as disclosed by the record it was held that the direction of a verdict for the defendant was erroneous. We have carefully examined the original record on file in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, and we find that in several material respects the evidence contained in that record is different from that contained in the record now before this court. In the record before the Supreme Court the only evidence as to who was the proper bank…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Whitney v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Freeman v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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- Brock v. GormleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936