U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas February 15, 1897 (Cockrill v. Butler)

WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity, brought by ■the plaintiff, as receiver of the First National Bank of Little Rock, against the defendants; chárgiñg that they were directors of the said bank for a period of years, and seeking to fix a liability upon them as guch directors under the provisions of the acts of congress and by the rules of equity.