Bacon v. Robertson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi. The transaction to which the suit relates was partly and incidentally brought before the notice of this court in 16 How. 106. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This bill was filed in the circuit court against William Robertson, a trustee, appointed to liquidate the affairs of the late Commercial Bank of Natchez, Mississippi, and' such of the stockholders of the bank as are citizens of that State, and is prosecuted by a number of stockholders, owning one fifth part of the capital stock, for themselves, and such of the stockholders as are not citizens of Mississippi, or defendants in the bill.
The Commercial Bank was incorporated and organized under, enactments of the legislature in 1836, with a capital of $3,050,-000, divided into shares of $100 each,…
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