GIBBES v. ZIMMERMAN

No. 117.

290 U.S. 326 (1933)

GIBBES v. ZIMMERMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.W. Robinson for appellant.

Mr. Irvine F. Belser, with whom Mr. John M. Daniel, Attorney General of South Carolina, was on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal brings here for review an order of the Supreme Court of South Carolina prohibiting the further prosecution of a bill in equity seeking the appointment of a receiver for The Central Union Bank. An Act of the General Assembly, approved March 9, 1933, was held to forbid the maintenance of the proceeding. The appellant, who was plaintiff in the suit, asserts that the Act impairs the obligation of contract...

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