American Nat. Bank of Macon v. Commercial Nat. Bank of Macon
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Equity. Suit by the American National Bank of Macon against the Commercial National Bank of Macon and its shareholders. On motion to dismiss bill.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, District Judge.
The American National Bank exhibits its bill against the stockholders of the Commercial National Bank, in behalf of itself and other creditors, if any, of the Commercial Bank. The Commercial Bank is not sued, and the action against its stockholders is founded on Act Cong. June 30, 1876, c. 156, ,§ 2 (Rev. Stat. § 5151 [U. S. Comp. Stat. 1916, §§ 9689, 9807]), giving federal courts original jurisdiction in equity of a creditors’ bill against, stockholders of a national bank. The primary and controlling question is the relation between the two banks, resulting from their…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Nash v. TowneSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Wyman v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- George v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
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- Hightower v. American National Bank of MacOnSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Central Republic Trust Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1936
- American Nat. Bank of Macon v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MaconDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1918