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ABBOTT v. TACOMA BANK OF COMMERCE

No. 376.

175 U.S. 409 (1899)

20 S.Ct. 153

44 L.Ed. 217

ABBOTT v. TACOMA BANK OF COMMERCE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H. Bogle and Mr. Charles Richardson for the motion.

Mr. John H. Mitchell and Mr. W.C. Sharpstein, opposing.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error, Abbott, brought this action in the Superior Court of the State of Washington to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff on account of an alleged libel published against him by the National Bank of Commerce of Tacoma, Washington, and the other individual defendants named.

It appears that in 1895 the defendant bank at the instance of the other defendants as its directors and attorneys...

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