The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-02

INSA tbS StyiC Va " ~ W. uUoby
Woodson, Isaac W.. Walker. Alexander
Walker; Joseph p. Winston and William Il.
Powers, late partners under the style of
Winston & Powers Howard e. Warren,
II. V. Watkins, A. w. Walker, William and
Mary. College, Edward W; Edwin r.
Workman and Samuel Wortham, partners
under the style Of E. T. Wortham & Co.;
Thomas E. Walton, Amandus N. Walker,
j. II. Wilson; Joseph z. Winston, trustee;
j. w. Wilson, Jr,, VIM. B. Williams, George
Wilson, George w. Wilson, j. W. Wilson,
Sr.; Mrs. M. A. Allen. personal representa-
tive of Joseph Allen, deceased; P. j. Crew,
personal representative Of Cornelius Crew.
fxleceased; John Enders, personal represen-
tatire of William Greaner, deceased; Am.
brose Carlton and J. Fl. Gardner, personal
representatives OF William Hubbard, de-
ceased T. j. Hardgroye, personal represent
alive of Thomas Hardgrove, who was the
surviving partner Of himself and Samuel
HardgroVe, late partners, doing business
under the style of Thomas and Samuel Hard
grove Nicholas NJ: Page, personal repre-
sentative of Samuel Miller, deceased; An
representatives of Samuel p. Mitchell,
deceased; r. N. Puliam and S. II. Pu!.
liam, personal representatives of Samuel
T. Pulliam; S. W. HarWood, per-
sonal representative OF William Rit.
ter, deceased; Mary E. Alvey, personal
representative of K. T. Alvey, deceased;
Chalmers, deceased, who is unknown; John
FL. Montague, John r. G. Lewis, and John
q. Wilson, personal representatives of John
Freeland, deceased; Virginia Hancock and
Charles Hancock, personal representatives OF
f. w. Hancock, deceased; Philip s. Han
| cock, personal representative of Higginson
| hancock, deceased; =, the personal re-
preventative of j. F. Motley, deceased, who
| is unknown; -, the personal representa-
| tive of E. H. Murrell, deceased, who is un-
known; William H. Palmer, personal repre-
sentative of William Palmer, deceased !.
Henry Rives; -, the personal representa-
! tive of r. Sampson, deceased, who is un-
known; Cathsrine E. Thomas, personal
representative of Archibald Thomas, de-
ceased; Mann S. Valentine, Jr., personal
representative OF Mann S. Valentine, de-
ceased; John L. Whitfield, personal repre-
sentative of Richard Whitfield, deceased
--, the personal representative of j.
Whitfield, deceased, who is unknown;
James E. Ford, personal representative OF
Wade w. Woodbridge, deceased; John
G. Williams, A. S. Butord and josiah
! RytauQ, peTSOudl eScbtHilfCS vi ~
| G. Wortham, deceased; A. Z. Fox, survivor
of himself and William Brecden, deceased,
late partners doing business under the style
of Breeden & Fox; G. Barganlin and A.
Bargamin, partners under the style of G. q
a. BargaInin; Edward II. DeVoss and F.
w. Hannewinckel, late partners under the
STYLE of E. Fl. DeYoss g. Co.; 4. B. g. T. FL.
Habliston, partners under the style of Hub-
liston d. Brother; Robert A. Paine and w. 6.
Paine, survivors of themselves and Horace
| l., Kent, deceased, late partners under the
style of Kent, Paine & Co.; Garret +. Wat
| son, survivor of himself and Henry Lud-
lam, late partners under the style of Lud-
| lam e. Watson John II. Tyler. survivor Of
himself and Samuel P. Mitchell, late part
ners under the style of Mitchell & Tyler; j.
Rosenbaum and NJ. Rosenbaum, partners un-
der the STYLE of j. Il N. Rosenbaum NJ.
Resent baum; - Sedgwick & - Mus
SEP, late partners under the style of Sedg-
wick & Mussen; w. d. Tompklns and I. E.
Tompkins, partners under the style of W.
D. Tompkins & Bro; --, the personal
representative of w. w. Carrington, of Hal
flax county, whose name is unknown.
GROUND OF ACTION.
On the 14th of March, 1858, the Legsla'
turc of Virginia incorporated an independ-
ent bank under The name of the Mineral
| Bank of Virginia. Before it was put into
operation a special act was passed in April,
1853, changing the name to that Of the Bank
| Of the Commonwealth. which commenced
business in this city in the summer of that
wear with lawson Nunnally as president
and J. B. Morton as cashier.
Under the independent banking system of
| Virginia then jn force the notes of circula-
| ton of the independent banks were secured
| bv deposit of State stocks with the Trea-
surer of the Commonwealth, and were fur
ther guaranteed by clause in each charter
similar to the following Sth section of the
charter of the Bank of the Commonwealth,
viz:
"Each and every stakeholder in said bank
shall be liable, ratably, out Of his private
estate for the circulation and the express
contract debts of said bank to the amount
of the stock owned by him upon the failure
of the said bank to redeem its notes or pay
said debts"
Tt is charged that the notes on which suit
isnow brought were issued by the bank upon
the aforesaid guarantee, and upon the stock,
dollar for dollar, deposited with the State
Treasurer. During the year 1863 the Trea-
surer. as it is alleged, without authority Of
law. allowed the bank to exchange all OF its
| State stock then on deposit, amounting to
s1G2. 600, for one Confederate bond Of that
amount. It is charged that the bank was
entirely insolvent at the close Of the war, and
IN Messrs. John Howard, Hunter Marshall,
John Johns, Jr., Bradley T. johnson, Will
| liam L. Royal, and James Neeson are the
counsel for the plaintiffs.
| WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
| Whatever may be the merits of this case,
if it have any, the business men of the city,
the victims as we'll as all others with
whom our reporter conversed, were unspar-
ing in their denunciation of the proceeding.
The language employed by some in regard
TO it was not at all complimentary to the
parties engaged in it, nor such rs Is suited
| for publication in these columns. They say
| II the plaintiffs were unsuspectfng note
holders, who had come into possession OF
the circulation Of the bank in the ordinary
course of business, there would be some
show of justice in their claim; but they
charge that they are brokers, who bought
these notes with worthless Confederate
money during the war, or they have become
possessed of them since the war for mere
pittance, and are now seeking to compel
payment at their full face-yalue of those who.
as stockholders, had already lost millions OF
| 5oll,rs IN This hank hv the common rllin