Case Name: The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, against Haskins
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799-07
Citations: 1 Johns. Cas. 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, against Haskins.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, against Haskins.
Whether the aci of congress incorporating the bank of the United States,-be a public or private act, it is not necessary to set it forth in an -action brought ,:by .the president, directors, and.-company-of that bank.
The plaintiffs declared in this action by the name and style of' the “ president, directors- and company of the bank of the United States.” The defendant pleaded in .abatement, that the plaintiffs had exhibited their bill, &c., and had -not set forth any act incorporating the hank, of shown the name of the president, directors and company, &c.
The plaintiffs demurred to this plea, and the defendant joined in demurrer.
Burr, in support of the demurrer insisted,
that the act in- • corporating the company was a private act, and ought to have been set forth, together with the names of the individuals composing the company. " , ’ .
Hoffman, contra,
contended that the act was a public act, if not so in -terms, at least from its nature, and had [*133] *been frequently recognized by subsequent acts of congress, which were public, and was, therefore, to be regarded as such.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Oh examining precedents, wé are satisfied, that whether the act of congress incorporating the bank of the United States be viewed either as a public or private act, it 'was not necessary to set fdith the act itself, nor the names of the individuals composing the company.
. Judgment for the plaintiffs.
Grays v. Turnpike Co., 4 Randolph, 57; 2 Cowen, 770; 14. Johns. R. 245; 5 Wend. 482. But see, 3 Conn. R. 199 ; 2 Virginia Cas. 297; 5 Randolph, 326. And see Angell & Ames on Corps, ch. 17, § 3.