Legal Opinion
Pickens County v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 21, 1934No. 6 Div. 570PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
This appeal is from a decree sustaining demurrers of H. I-I.. Montgomery, superintendent of banks, to a ¡bill in equity filed by Pickens county with the ultimate aim of collecting county funds deposited by M. Johnson, as county treasurer, in the Bank of Car-rollton, and there remaining until the failure of the bank, January 14, 1932; whereupon it was taken over by the superintendent of banks for liquidation.
The county claims the entire assets of the bank in the hands of the liquidating agent are chargeable with a trust in favor of the county, entitling it to priority of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. State Bank of NCSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Montgomery v. SparksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Montgomery v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- National Surety Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Montgomery v. City of AthensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
- International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 321 v. Water Works BoardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Holder v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Cook v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- State Ex Rel. Russell County v. Fourth National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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