Godfrey v. Terry
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of South Carolina. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina, at Cheraw, was *172chartered in 1838, and the charter was renewed for twenty-years in 1852. Both statutes provided that, “in case of the failure of the said bank, each, stockholder, copartnership, or body politic, having a share or shares in the said bank at the time, of such failure, or who shall have been interested therein at any time within twelve months .previous to such failure, shall-be liable and held bound individually for any sum not exceeding twice the amount of his, her, or their share or shares.”
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