Kimbrough v. Carter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Lafayette county. Hon. Jas. G. McGowen, Chancellor. Suit by It. C. Carter and others against Duke M. Kim--brough and others, and from the decree therein the defendants appeal and the complainants cross-appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is a suit in equity in which a number of creditors and stockholders of the Merchants’ & Farmers’ Bank of Oxford, Miss., seek to recover from the directors of the bank money alleged to have been loaned and lost by the bank because of the negligence of its directors. Two of the directors were also receivers of the bank, the affairs of which were in liquidation when the original bill herein *339was filed. The case was here on appeal once before as Carter et al. v. Kimbrough et al., 122 Miss. 543, 84 So. 251. The court beloAv, after finding that money of the bank had been lost through the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wallace v. Lincoln Savings BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Ventress v. WallaceMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
- Carter v. KimbroughMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
- Ellis v. H. P. Gates Mercantile Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1912
- Brooks v. RobinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1876