Legal Opinion

Thornton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1909No. 1386PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Indictment for violating banking law, from Fulton superior • court — Judge Eoan. August 25, 1908.

1Opinion of the CourtFreeman, J.

The grand jury of Fulton county, at the March term, 1908, returned a special presentment against E. H. Thornton and W. F. Manry, charging them with a felony, in that Thornton, *398being president and director of the Neal Bank, a banking corporation under the laws of this State, and Manry, being vice-president and director thereof, did violate the provisions of section 1948 of the Civil Code of 1895, by lending to themselves, in the aggregate; more than 35 per cent, of the capital stock of said bank; that this was done by lending to the firm of C. T. Ladson & Company, a partnership composed of C.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. Gillis v. GillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  3. Lamar v. McLarenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. Smith & Co. v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hardeman v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LeonardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  3. Cabaniss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  4. Leonard v. State Ex Rel. LanierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  5. City of Atlanta v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936

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