Manchester Bank v. White
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover the amount of a note, signed by T. Chase, dated July 19, 1851, for $638,24, payable to Montgomery & Co., or order, in six months, at the Merchants Bank, Boston, and indorsed by said Montgomery & Co., and by this defendant; also of two drafts, one dated March 23, 1851, by Montgomery & Co. on D. B. Kimball for $682, payable to order of said Montgomery & Co. in six months, accepted by said Kimball, and indorsed by said Montgomery & Co. and by this…
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Assumpsit, to recover the amount of a note, signed by T. Chase, dated July 19, 1851, for $638,24, payable to Montgomery & Co., or order, in six months, at the Merchants Bank, Boston, and indorsed by said Montgomery & Co., and by this defendant; also of two drafts, one dated March 23, 1851, by Montgomery & Co. on D. B. Kimball for $682, payable to order of said Montgomery & Co. in six months, accepted by said Kimball, and indorsed by said Montgomery & Co. and by this defendant; and the other, dated May 23, 1851, drawn by Montgomery & Co. on the same Kim-ball, for $648, payable to order of this…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The witness was a member of the corporation, plaintiffs in the action, till within a short time before the trial, when he sold his stock, probably for the purpose of becoming a witness to facts, in relation to which no other person could testify. The objection to his admission is founded upon theidea that as a stockholder in the bank, and member of the corporation, the witness was liable for the payment ■of all the debts and liabilities of the bank, incurred during ■the time he belonged to the corporation, and that this liability was not affected in any way by the sale of his interest.
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- Soulden v. Van RensselaerNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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