Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from a decree rendered in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting in Alexandria, in a suit in chancery, in which the appellants were original defendants. The appellants are stockholders in an unincorporated association, which was formed in 1815, for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking, under the name of the Merchants' Bank of Alexandria; the nature and extent of which...
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