Brown v. Trail
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
This is an action at law by George R. Brown as a judgment creditor of the Western Farm-Mortgage Trust Company, a Kansas corporation, to charge the defendant, Charles E. Trail, as a stockholder in said company, under the statutes of Kansas. Heard on demurrer to pleas.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this suit is a citizen of New York, who obtained a judgment for $14,688.08 against the Western Farm-Mortgage Trust Company, a corporation of the state of Kansas. The object of this suit is to enforce against the defendant, a citizen of Maryland, who is alleged to be a stockholder in the said corporation, the individuál liability as stockholder imposed by the Kansas law.
The constitution of Kansas (article 12, § 2) provides:
“Dues from corporations shall be secured by individual liability of the stockholders to an additional amount equal to the slock owned…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chase v. CurtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ball v. ReeseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1897
- Abbey v. LongSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
- Musgrave v. Glen Elder Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1897
- Weber v. Fickey ex rel. LanahanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
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