MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit begun in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by a stockholder in a national bank against the directors, to recover damages for their negligence in the performance of their official duties. A demurrer was filed to the complaint, which raised, among others, the question whether such an action could be brought in a State court. The Supreme Court at special term sustained the demurrer and...
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