BACON ET AL. v. ROBERTSON ET AL.


59 U.S. 480 (1855)

18 How. 480

JOHN BACON AND THOMAS ROBINS, SURVIVING TRUSTEES OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM R. WHITE AND JOHN HOOPER, CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA, LEWIS PHŒNIX AND JOHN D. BEERS, CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, STOCKHOLDERS OF THE LATE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NATCHEZ, WHO SUE ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OF SAID LATE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NATCHEZ, WHO ARE CITIZENS OF OTHER STATES THAN MISSISSIPPI, WHO SHALL COME IN AND SEEK RELIEF BY, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPENSES OF THIS SUIT, COMPLAINANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, PHILIP HOGGATT, HENRY CHOTARD, AND JOHN F. GILLESPIE, AND OTHERS, (NAMES UNKNOWN,) STOCKHOLDERS OF THE LATE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NATCHEZ, AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Wharton and Mr. Yerger, for the appellants, and Mr. Lawrence, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This bill was filed in the circuit court against William Robertson, a trustee, appointed to liquidate the affairs of the late Commercial Bank of Natchez, Mississippi, and such of the stockholders of the bank as are citizens of that State, and is prosecuted by a number of stockholders, owning one fifth part of the capital stock, for themselves, and such of the stockholders as are not citizens of Mississippi,...

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