Fletcher v. Eagle’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 2 district · 19 state decisions

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1. ““The circumstances mentioned in the sixth instruction, and they are sustained by the evidence, fully authorized the directors to have implicit confidence in England, and justified their selection of him as president; but no circumstances justify directors in committing the management of the bank to the president, further than the duties of that office require. No matter how honest and capable the president is, the directors have their duties to perform, and cannot fail to perform them because their confidence in the president renders them unnecessary in their opinion. It was their duty as directors to perform the functions required of them bv statute, common usage and the by-laws of the corporation, and any committal of management to the president, which meant a nonfulfillment of their duties as directors, was negligence for which they are liable, provided other facts fixing their liability were present.” See also Patterson v. Stewart, supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bailey v. O'Neal