...dpllars,and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, and dispose of, and also to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all courts of law or equity in this State, or elsewhere ; also to make, have and use a common seal,...

...perpetual succession, and a corporate seal with power to alter and change the same at pleasure, and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and shall be capable of acquiring, holding and conveying, selling and...

...explicitly provided that: the bank shall be 'made able and capable in law,'—'to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court in the United States.' These...

...the same name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and they shall have power to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all courts, and in all actions, causes and suits at law and in equity whatsoever; and they...

...the legislation which created the Bank of the United States empowered it "to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States." M But...

...and quality ; and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of ; to sue and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all State courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States ; and...