Solomon v. . Bates
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, heard before Hóke, J., at April Term, 1895, of New HaNOVer Superior Court, on complaint and demurrer. The demurrer was overruled and defendants appealed. The facts fully appear in the opinion of Associate Justice OlakK.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
This is an action brought by a depositorjn a bank, which has become insolvent, against the directors thereof personally. The first cause of action sets out that the defendants were directors; that under the by-laws, adopted by the'stoekholders and directors, it became the duty of the defendants actively to manage and superintend the business of the bank; to examine each Tuesday the discount book, containing a statement of all loans made, to whom made, the securities therefor, and when duo; to appoint, each three months, a committee of two from the board of directors to examine the…
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