Planters Bank v. J. Eskind & Sons

Holden, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.. This is a chancery suit between appellees, J. Eskind & Sons, and the Planters’ Bank, to determine the question as to which one of them has the superior lien upon a certificate for ten shares of bank stock, which was issued by appellant to Youngblood, a stockholder, who assigned the certificate to appellees to secure a debt due them; the bank claiming a lien upon the certificate by virtue of a provision of its charter providing there shall be a lien in favor of the bank upon the stock of each stockholder to secure the payment of any indebtedness…