...the State could l>e sued in the course of business, on the principle that when a government Ixfcomes a partner in any trading company it divests itself,...far as concerns the transactions of that company, oí its sovereign character and takes that of a private citizen. The State, said the court through...

...v. The Planters' Bank, 9 Wheat. 904, the Chief Justice, in giving the opinion of the court, says : " dependent tribunals, endeavor to avoid, and in jcharactcr, and takes that of a private citizen. Instead of communicating to the company its privileges...

...interest in it. It is," he says, "a sound principle, that when a government becomes a partner in a trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns...sovereign character, and takes that of a private citizen." I can not distinguish that case from the one now under consideration. It is true, the state of Georgia...

...Justice Marshall says : "It is a sound principle of law that when a government becomes a partner in a trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns...sovereign character, and takes that of a private citizen." But where a corporation is composed exclusively of officers of the government, having no personal interest...

...Justice Marshall says : "It is a sound principle of law that when a government becomes a partner in a trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns...sovereign character, and takes that of a private citizen." But where a corporation is composed exclusively of officers of the government, having no personal interest...

...Planters' Bank of Georgia is not the State of Georgia, although the State holds an interest in it. It is, we think, a sound principle, that, when a government becomes a partner in any tradit a government becomes a partner in a inor company, it divests itself, so far as trading company,...

...The suit is against a corporation, and the . , j • , i_ i- /• i L it. Planters' Bank of GeorIt is, we think, a sound principle, that, when a government becomes a partner in any tradIf a government hecomes a partner in a in£ company, it divests itself, so far as trading company,...

...party to a banking or a commercial enterprise the State could be sued in the course of business, on the principle that when a government becomes a partner...sovereign character and takes that of a private citizen. The State, said the court through Chief Justice Marshall, is not a party— that is, an entire party—...

...party to a banking or a commercial enterprise the State could be sued in the course of business, on the principle that when a government becomes a partner...sovereign character and takes that of a private citizen. The State, said the court through Chief Justice Marshall, is not a party — that is, an entire party...

...apparently decided United States Bank v. Planters' Bank* on the ground that, "when a government becomes the partner in any trading company, it divests itself,...sovereign character and takes that of a private citizen." But the case is usually construed to stand for no more than that a suit against a corporation is not...