Pignatel v. Mobley

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1, 2. Under the facts of the case and the law pertinent thereto it clearly appears that the defendant was the real owner of the stock at the date of the bank’s failure, and the owner may be sued by the superintendent of banks although the' shares of the stock “stand on the books of the bank in the name of another who in fact has no interest therein.” Harris v. Taylor, 148 Ga. 663 (6) (98 S. E. 86); Doster v. Mobley, 38 Ga. App. 508 (2) (144 S. E. 385). “The method of collecting an assessment against a stockholder of an insolvent banking corporation by a…