CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK v. THOMAS

No. 36.

171 U.S. 441 (1898)

CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK v. THOMAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 17, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Ricketts for the motion.

Mr. E.G. Knapp, Mr. Robert Rae and Mr. John Chetwood, Jr., opposing.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Unless the plaintiff in error was denied some right under the Constitution or statutes of the United States, "specially set up and claimed" by it, this writ of error must be dismissed.

The bill of complaint, filed in the Superior Court of San Francisco by a stockholder of the California National Bank, sought to charge three directors of...

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