Treadwell v. Riley

In this ease the defendant in error sued plaintiff in error on a stock assessment levied by the Comptroller against the plaintiff in error as a stockholder in the State Bank of Boca Grande after such bank became insolvent. The defendant filed one plea, which was in the following language, to-wit:

“That he was not the owner of ten shares of the capital stock of the State Bank of Boca Grande of the par value of $100.00 per share on the 16th day of February 1929, nor was he owner of any other shares- in said bank on said date, and denies any liability for the alleged assessment made against him…