Opinion

Dodge v. Woolsey

  • 59 U.S. 331
  • 18 How. 331
  • 15 L. Ed. 401
  • 1855 U.S. LEXIS 704
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Apr 18, 1856
Status
Published
Author
Catron
On the bench
Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Campbell
Cited by
228 cases

"[W]here the directors of a bank refused to take the proper measures ..., this refusal amounted to what is termed in law a breach of trust, [and] a stockholder had a right to file a bill in chancery asking for such a remedy as the case might require.”

How later courts described this case

  • "[W]here the directors of a bank refused to take the proper measures ..., this refusal amounted to what is termed in law a breach of trust, [and] a stockholder had a right to file a bill in chancery asking for such a remedy as the case might require.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Mr. Justice CATRON:

“ I also dissent, and cóncur with the conclusions of the opinion just’reacb”.

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