MacDougall v. Citizens National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 141, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Carbon Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of Alexander MacDougall et al. v. Citizens National Bank of Lehighton, Pennsylvania, and First National Bank of Lehigh, ton, Pennsylvania. Bill in equity for an accounting. Before Barber, P. J. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendants, the First National Bank of Lehighton and the Citizens National Bank of Lehighton, loaned to the Kester Slate Company various sums of money represented by notes, amounting to $7,717.58 due the former, and $5,070 due the latter. The notes were not paid at maturity, and the First National Bank brought suit to recover the amount of the indebtedness due it. The Kester Slate Company had various other creditors, several of whom had brought suit and obtained judgments and, for the purpose of protecting all creditors, the company, acting on advice of counsel,…
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