Wiswell v. Starr

The opinion of the Court was drawn up by *

Cutting, J.

The bill, in substance, alleges that the Han- • cock Bank was incorporated March 21, 1853, with a capital of §50,000, in shares of §100 each, and subsequently went *402into operation; that, on September 19, 1857, the Bank Commissioners represented to a Justice of this Court, “ that, upon examining said bank, they were of opinion that its condition was such as' to render its further progress hazardous to the public,” &c., and prayed “ for an injunction to restrain said incorporation from further proceeding with its business.” &c.

Whereupon, on…