Blades v. Dewey.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. B. Blades against T. W. Dewey, C. Dewey, J. E. Miller and W. H. Borden, heard by Judge O. H. Allen, at May Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of OeavuN County. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
This action is prosecuted by the plaintiff, trustee of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, for the recovery of the penalty of a bond executed by the defendants as sureties of Thomas W. Dewey, late cashier of said bank. A jury trial being waived, the Court by consent found the facts material and necessary to a decision of the controversy. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was duly incorporated by chap. 55, Private Acts, 1891. Sections 3 and 4 of said act being the only sections referring to the election and terms of the officers of the bank, are in the following words: Sec. 3. “That the office and…
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