Bates v. Dresser
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Equity. Suit by John F. Bates, receiver of the National City Bank of Cambridge, Mass., against Edwin Dresser and others. Decree for complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity, brought by the plaintiff, as receiver of the National City Bank of Cambridge, Mass., against the defendants, to recover the losses which the bank sustained through the defalcations of George W. Coleman, its bookkeeper, which took place during a period extending from November 24, 1906, to the close of the bank, February 21, 1910.
The plaintiff’s claim of a right to recover is based upon the ground that the defendants, as president and directors of the bank, were bound to use due care and diligence in the management and supervision of its affairs,…
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