Kingston v. Old Nat. Bank of Centralia

The appellee (hereinafter called the plaintiff) brought his suit in the circuit court of Marion county against the appellant (hereinafter called the defendant) to collect the superimposed liability of the defendant’s decedent as a stockholder of thirty shares of the Merchants Exchange Bank of Door County, Wisconsin, (hereinafter called the bank). Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, against the defendant as such executor, for $3000 and costs, from which judgment the defendant has appealed directly to this court.

The plaintiff, Kingston, is the Commissioner of Banking for the State…