Speer v. Dighton Grain, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This is one of twenty-two separate lawsuits arising in the wake of the insolvency and closing of Dighton Grain, Inc., a grain elevator corporation in Dighton, Kansas. The plaintiff sues as an unsecured creditor of the corporation. The action is brought by this creditor against the corporation and against the directors and corporate officers individually. The jury determined that these directors and corporate officers were grossly negligent in the performance of their corporate duties. The plaintiff creditor obtained personal judgments of…