United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 33
Chap. XXXIII.—An Act to prevent the abatement of suits and actions now pending, in which the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, may be a party.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,No suit, &c. now pending, shall abate, &c. That no suit, action, judgment, or decree, now pending and unsatisfied, in which the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, is party, plaintiff or defendant, shall abate, or be discontinued or dismissed by reason of the expiration of the term for which the said bank is chartered, but all such suits, actions, judgments, and decrees shall be allowed to proceed to final judgment, execution, satisfaction, and settlement; and for that purpose it shall be lawful to use the corporate name, style and capacity, notwithstanding the expiration of the term of its incorporation.
Approved, February 28, 1839.