DOTY v. LOVE

No. 585.

295 U.S. 64 (1935)

DOTY ET AL. v. LOVE, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles S. Mitchell and Elmer C. Sharp for appellants.

Messrs. Hiram H. Creekmore and C. Richard Bolton, with whom Mr. Clyde L. Hester was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

A statute of Mississippi, adopted in 1932, permits the reopening of closed banks upon terms proposed by three-fourths of the creditors in number or in value if the plan is approved by the Superintendent of Banks and confirmed by the Court of Chancery. A bank has been reopened in accordance with this statute. The question is whether contractual rights have been impaired or rights of property annulled in contravention...

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