Legal Opinion

Butler v. Eaton

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 25, 1891No. 301PublishedCited by 141 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES ROR THE DISTRICT OR MASSACHUSETTS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This case is a sequel to the case of Pacific National Bank v. Eaton, just decided. It was an action brought by the receiver of the Pacific National Bank of Boston against Mary J. Eaton to-recover one hundred per cent of the amount of her capital stock in said bank, on her individual liability as a stockholder, under section 5151 of the Revised Statutes. The amount sued for was $8000 and interest thereon, being • $4000 and interest for her original stock, and $4000 and interest for her neiv stock. Her liability to pay the first sum was not disputed. She consented to be defaulted for that, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ballard v. SearlsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

3Cited by141 opinions

  1. Scott v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Robert James Lubben v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 27Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
  3. Khadr v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
  4. Scurlock Oil Co. v. SmithwickTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Whitaker v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940

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