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HIGHTOWER v. AMER. NATL. BANK

No. 25.

263 U.S. 351 (1923)

44 S.Ct. 123

68 L.Ed. 334

HIGHTOWER ET AL. v. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF MACON, GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Hall, with whom Mr. Charles L. Bartlett, Mr. Charles Akerman, Mr. Richard C. Jordan, Mr. Thomas E. Ryals, Mr. Robert L. Anderson, Mr. Warren Grice, Mr. Charles J. Bloch and Mr. A.O.B. Sparks were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Orville A. Park, with whom Mr. George S. Jones was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity, in the nature of a creditor's bill, against a national bank and its shareholders to enforce the liability of the shareholders for the bank's debts. The plaintiff is another national bank and sues on behalf of all creditors, although insisting it is the only one. The District Court dismissed the bill as not stating a cause of action, 246 Fed. 721, and 248 Fed. 187; but the Circuit...

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