¶1at November term, 1820, (Thruston, J., absent,) rendered judgment on the special verdict for the plaintiff, observing that the rights of all the parties were fixed before the charter; and that until the charter the bank had no general lien on the stock of individual stockholders.
2 D.C. 188
Neale v. Janney
Decided November 15, 1819
This was a special action upon the case, brought by the plaintiffs as assignees of Gerrard Plummer, survivor of the firm of Jerome & Gerrard Plummer, against the defendant as President of the Union Bank of Alexandria, for not transferring to the plaintiffs 600 shares of the stock of that bank, which J. & G. Plummer had assigned to him in trust to secure payment of 2000 dollars loaned to them by the bank, the plaintiffs having tendered that sum in full to the defendant as…
Decided 1819-11-15