Thompson v. Pfeiffer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Reno district court; Matthew P. Simpson, judge. STATEMENT. In October, 1886, a corporation known as the Bank of Burr ton was organized, with a capital stock of $50,-000, divided into 500 shares of the par value of $100 each. The plaintiff in error was one of the incorporators, and there were issued to him forty-five shares of stock. W. O. VanArsdale was also a stockholder, and was elected president of the bank.
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Error from Reno district court; Matthew P. Simpson, judge. STATEMENT. In October, 1886, a corporation known as the Bank of Burr ton was organized, with a capital stock of $50,-000, divided into 500 shares of the par value of $100 each. The plaintiff in error was one of the incorporators, and there were issued to him forty-five shares of stock. W. O. VanArsdale was also a stockholder, and was elected president of the bank. J. E. Howard was cashier, and had active management of the affairs of the institution up to about 1892. Prom that time on W. O. Van Arsdale had the active management. On May…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J. :
It is claimed that the evidence does not support the judgment. There were no conclusions of fact made by the trial court. The principal ground of error assigned is that service of summons on W. O. Van Arsdale, the president of the Bank of Burrton, conferred no j urisdiction on the court to render a j udgment against the bank at the suit of the defendant in error to recover upon the defaulted certificates of deposit. This contention is based upon the claim that W. O. Van Arsdale was the agent of Rudolph Pfeiffer, the plaintiff below, and was…
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