Legal Opinion

Blount v. Windley

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 19, 1877PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Error totbe Supreme Court of tbe State of North Caroliua. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

Under a statute of North Carolina, passed March 12, 1866, to enable the banks of the State to close their business, the plaintiff in error was, by a decree of the proper State court, in the fall of that year, appointed commissioner of the Bank of Washington; and. all the real and personal property and choses in action of the bank were by the decree vested in said commissioner for the benefit of those creditors of the bank who should prove their’ debts within twelve months. As such commissioner, Blount sued and recovered against the defendant in error a judgment on a note given to the bank for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Simpson v. HustonTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  2. William Crawford and David Files, in Error v. The Branch Bank of Alabama at MobileSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
  3. Pattison v. EdmonstonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1849

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Scott v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Sweet Pea Marine, Ltd. v. APJ Marine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Thomas E. Fench, United States of America v. William H. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  5. Bitter v. County.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1928

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