NESMITH ET AL. v. SHELDON ET AL.


48 U.S. 812 (1849)

7 How. 812

JONATHAN W. NESMITH AND THOMAS NESMITH, COMPLAINANTS, v. THOMAS C. SHELDON, HORACE H. COMSTOCK, DAVID FRENCH, WILLIAM E. PETERS, JAMES FORTON, ATTA E. MATHER, HENRY B. HOLBROOK, SAMUEL P. MEAD, FRANCIS E. ELDRED, PHEBE ANN DEAN, CULLEN BROWN, AND CHARLES H. STEWART, RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Seaman, for the complainants, and Mr. Romeyn, for the defendants.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case, the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan have certified that the following point arose in this case, upon which the justices were opposed in opinion: —

"Whether the banking associations organized under the act of the legislature of the State of Michigan, entitled `An act to organize and regulate banking associations,' approved March...

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