Legal Opinion
Chase v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1929No. 5559PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Error is assigned to the rejection of the proof offered by the appellants on the trial to show that the First National Bank was not insolvent, that the assessment rested alone upon the judgment for $200,000 obtained against the bank on its promissory note above referred to, which note was executed by the directors without authority and after the bank was in the hands of the National Bank Examiner, and the appellants’ argument is that the stockholders’ liability is purely a creature of statute and binds the stockholders to pay only those debts which are…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Wyman v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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