Legal Opinion
Stockholders of Peoples Banking Co. v. Sterling
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 1, 1937No. Nos. 298, 299PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
Stockholders in banking corporations, charged with personal liability, contend that a statute of Maryland defining the form of liability and its measure offends against the Constitution of the .United States by impairing the obligation of contracts previously made.
In No. 298, the liability in controversy is that of stockholders in the Peoples Banking Company of Smithsburg, which was incorporated under the laws of Maryland, January 24, 1910, and closed its doors June 29, 1931. The Bank Commissioner of the state, after being appointed receiver, filed a petition with a Circuit Court in Maryland…
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- Bernheimer v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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