MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
It will be noticed that the first question is based upon the facts that the bank, at the time the dividends were declared and paid, was solvent, and that the stockholders receiving the dividends acted in good faith and believed that the same were paid out of the profits made by the bank.
The sections of the Revised Statutes which are applicable to the questions involved herein...
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