Pierce v. Topeka Commercial Security Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J. :

Clifford C. Baker was a stockholder in the Topeka Commercial Security Company, a Kansas corporation, against which Mary H. Pierce obtained a judgment for $2428.29. After the return of an execution unsatisfied she instituted a proceeding against Baker to enforce his statutory liability on the stock held by him in the corporation, and therein it was made to appear that Baker had paid the full face *165value of the stock held by him, and also that he had bona fide judgments and claims against the coxporation which greatly exceeded the amount of…