Legal Opinion

Pine v. Western National Bank

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 6, 1901No. 12,528PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from Greenwood district court; O. W. Shinn, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action brought by the Western National Bank against J. K. P. Pine to recover from the. latter the sum of $2000, with interest, on account of his statutory liability as a stockholder in the Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company, an insolvent corporation.

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Error from Greenwood district court; O. W. Shinn, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action brought by the Western National Bank against J. K. P. Pine to recover from the. latter the sum of $2000, with interest, on account of his statutory liability as a stockholder in the Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company, an insolvent corporation. Judgment was rendered in the district court of Douglas county on July 2, 1892, in favor of the bank and against the trust company for a sum exceeding $20,-000. Executions were duly issued and returned unsatisfied. It is alleged in the petition in the present case…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

3. Demurrer to evideuce review. The first assignment of error relates to the admission of the stub-books showing the shares of stock issued to the defendant below. It is claimed that the entries on these books were written by another person than the witness who produced them, and hence copies were not properly admitted in evidence- This objection is not available to plaintiff in error, for the reason that after his demurrer to the evidence was overruled he gave testimony in his own behalf admitting that the stock had been issued to him as…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Woodworth v. BowlesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1900
  2. Burr v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. Howell v. A. Manglesdorf & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1885
  4. Simpson v. KimberlinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  5. Plumb v. Bank of EnterpriseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. BentleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  2. City of Garnett v. DowisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
  3. Park View Hospital Co. v. Randolph Lodge No. 216, Independent Order of Odd FellowsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  4. Stoutenberg v. GastonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1930
  5. Ramsden v. Keene Five Cents Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912

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