Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg v. Slocomb, Richards & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Circuit C.ourt of the United States for the Southern District ef Mississippi. Cora A. Slocomb, Robert Richards, .and Romanzo W. Montgomery, styling themselves citizens of Louisiana, trading under the' firm of Slocomb, Richards and Company, sued the President, Directors, and Company of the Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, styling them' citizens of the state of Mississippi, living and resident in the Southern District thereof, being a banking…
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IN error to the Circuit C.ourt of the United States for the Southern District ef Mississippi. Cora A. Slocomb, Robert Richards, .and Romanzo W. Montgomery, styling themselves citizens of Louisiana, trading under the' firm of Slocomb, Richards and Company, sued the President, Directors, and Company of the Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, styling them' citizens of the state of Mississippi, living and resident in the Southern District thereof, being a banking company, incorporated by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, located in the Southern District r aforesaid. The suit…
1Opinion of the Court
■Mr. Justice Barbour
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Mississippi. It was an action on the case in assumpsit, 'brought by the defendants in error, citizens of Louisiana, against the plaintiffs in error.
The defendants in the Court below appeared by attorney, and pleaded to the jurisdiction of tfie Court; averring in their plea that they were a corpcration aggregate, and that their .corporators, stockholders, or company, were composed of citizens of .other and different states; to wit, that William…
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